Congress must act to pass gun control legislation in the wake of two horrific mass shootings, President Joe Biden said Sunday, adding that while he will continue to push for gun reform, it’s ultimately up to the House and the Senate.
“I can’t dictate this stuff,” Biden said Sunday, speaking to reporters as he stepped off Air Force 1 on the White House’s South Lawn after arriving back in Washington, D.C., from a trip to Texas to meet survivors and families of victims of the Uvalde school shooting Tuesday.
Biden said he will continue to take “any executive action I can,” but noted only Congress can pass legislation to make specific changes to background check requirements or outlaw weapons altogether.
Biden said that after meeting people who were affected by the shooting in Uvalde, he will “continue to push” for gun reform, but said that because he hasn’t spoken to Republicans, he can’t detail any gun control legislation that could pass Congress.
However, he said mass shootings in the U.S. have “gotten so bad” that lawmakers are getting “more rational about it,” echoing statements made by other Democrats and Republicans over the weekend.
Biden called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) ”rational Republicans” (both reportedly indicated they are open to bipartisan reform on guns).
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