In spontaneous remarks on the White House lawn this morning, President Joe Biden pointed his shaky gun control sights at the most popular self-defense cartridge in America.
Recalling a trip to a New York trauma center, Biden said:
“They said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out—may be able to get it and save the life. A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body. So the idea of these high-caliber weapons is, uh, there’s simply no rational basis for it in terms of…self-protection, hunting.”
It’s not the first time Biden has condemned 9mm weapons. In 2019, Biden noted that Americans aren’t allowed to own machine guns or bazookas before asking, “Why should we allow people to have military-style weapons including pistols with 9mm bullets and can hold 10 or more rounds?”
As the New York Post notes, 9mm pistols dominate Americans’ holsters, nightstands and gun cabinets:
According to Shooting Industry magazine, 9mm pistols accounted for 56.8% of all handguns made in the US during 2019. In all, more than 15.1 million 9mm guns were produced in this country during the 2010s. The possibility of outlawing or otherwise regulating such weapons are likely to be a non-starter among conservatives and gun rights advocates.
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