President Joe Biden Calls for Gun Laws That Would Not Negatively Impact the Second Amendment

President Joe Biden argued on Wednesday that the Second Amendment is not absolute, as he advocated for tighter limitations on gun ownership in the aftermath of a school massacre that killed 21 people.

The US president has declared that enough is enough and that he will take action to halt the gun violence that is raging throughout the country. Biden stated that when the Second Amendment was enacted, individuals could not own a cannon or other specific weapons.

White House: Biden Isn't Doing Anything To Get Rid of the Second Amendment

Conservatives and gun rights advocates were outraged by the comment, citing the language of the Second Amendment, which specifies that the right must not be infringed. Attempts to increase background checks and impose other restrictions have often met with Republican resistance in Congress, making change unlikely, as per Telegraph.

During a news briefing on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that President Biden is not doing anything to repeal the Second Amendment. In response, Jean-Pierre stated that President Biden is not advocating for the repeal of the Second Amendment, but rather for common-sense gun control.

A speech following the elementary school massacre on Tuesday night, Biden stated that he is sick and tired of mass shootings and that tougher gun control measures must be implemented. He plans to visit Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to offer his condolences and to mourn with the family and community, according to Fox News.

As reported by CBS News, the president, as he did Tuesday night, asked members of Congress to stand up to the gun lobby. Steve Dettelbach, the president's choice for ATF director, was interrogated on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Some Republicans were concerned about Dettelbach's previous support for an assault weapons prohibition.

Speaking before the president, Vice President Kamala Harris encouraged Congress to approve commonsense gun safety legislation on Wednesday.

Firearm Sales Spike Following Texas School Shooting

Meanwhile, gun sales have skyrocketed, and share prices for armament companies have risen in the aftermath of the tragic Texas mass shooting. Sturm, Ruger & Company, the largest publicly traded gunmaker in the United States by market capitalization, was up 5.47 percent at $67.27 as of 5 pm ET.

Smith & Wesson's stock rose 8% to $15.02 a share while Vista Outdoor's stock rose 9% to $38.24. Meanwhile, American Outdoor Brands rose 6% to $11.12 and Ammo Inc. rose 5%. It comes just days after President Joe Biden slammed the Second Amendment, saying it was not holy and urging Americans to oppose the gun lobby. The President responded angrily after a psychotic 18-year-old shooter, Salvador Ramos, killed 19 students and two instructors at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School.

In the days following the tragic shooting, the stock market revealed a surge in interest in gun ownership. Buyers are thought to be eager to equip themselves for self-defense and to avoid a crackdown on the purchase of guns. The same thing happened in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 and the San Bernardino attack in 2015.

According to sources, gun sales, such as Sturm and Smith, increased following both incidents. According to police and several news accounts, the 18-year-old shooter, Salvador Ramos, lawfully acquired two semi-automatic guns from a local outdoor and hunting store.

It was the bloodiest such occurrence since 14 high school students and three adult staff were slain in Parkland, Florida in 2018 - and the deadliest at an elementary school since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, which killed 20 children and six adults.

Since the start of the pandemic, more than two million pistols and rifles have been sold. According to a University of Chicago poll, nearly one in every five US families has acquired a gun since March 2020.

According to the poll, one in every 20 individuals in the United States acquired a gun for the first time in the previous two decades, boosting the percentage of US adults presently living in a household with a gun to over 50 percent, Daily Mail reported.