US prez renews call for ban on assault weapons

NEW DELHI: President Joe Biden on Thursday repeated his call for a ban on assault weapons in the US, vowing to take action when Congress is seated in January. “The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick,” Biden said, when visiting first responders on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. “I’m going to try. I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.” HTC