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President Joe Biden slammed parents for letting kids get ahold of guns as he addressed Wednesday’s school shooting in Georgia at an event Thursday in rural Wisconsin.
The president traveled to Westby in the pivotal swing state to tout some of the legislation he and Vice President Kamala Harris helped get passed, which would enhance green energy in rural areas
But he asked the audience if he could address the shooting firsthand - as a 14-year-old gunned down four in the opening weeks of the school year.
‘How could you have an assault rifle weapon in a house not locked up? And knowing your kid knows where it is?’ Biden asked. ‘Got to hold parents accountable to let their child have access to these guns.’
During his brief remarks, the 81-year-old also confused North and South Korea, as he bragged about chip manufacturing coming back to the U.S.
President Joe Biden slammed parents for letting kids get ahold of guns as he addressed Wednesday’s school shooting in Georgia at an event Thursday in rural Wisconsin
President Joe Biden (right) talked to workers at Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin Thursday ahead of delivering remarks about powering rural areas in the important swing state
President Joe Biden (left) greets Westby's Mayor Danny Helgerson (center), Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski and Gov. Tony Evers (right) as he arrives in rural Wisconsin on Thursday
President Joe Biden (left) took a tour of Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin in Thursday, touting investments in green energy to power rural areas of the U.S. He was accompanied on the trip by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (right)
'I'm a gun owner. I believe strongly in the Amendment,' Biden told the crowd. 'We need more than thoughts and prayers.'
He added 'enough is enough' as he, again, encouraged Congress to act.
'Let's ban assault weapons,' he said.
Playing to the rural audience he added, 'My dad is a hunter. I don't know a whole hell of a lot of deer wearing keval vests.'
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