Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 11 US President Joe Biden said he kept four shotguns at home. «I have four shotguns: my two and my two dead sons,» Biden said at a 
Biden promised further tightening of gun ownership regulations. Speaking on the White House lawn, he marked the first such initiative in 30 years. The President said that he keeps weapons under lock and key, as all responsible owners should do. Biden noted that gun owners are responsible for their safe storage. “Responsible gun owners agree: no one else should have access. Close it, buy a special lock. If not, and something bad happens: you need to be held accountable,” the US president said. According to open sources, The US has the highest gun ownership rate in the world. As of 2021, the population had 120.5 units per 100 people in their hands. Cases of shooting are often associated with minors who cannot legally obtain weapons. In particular, on November 30 last year at a school in Oxford, Michigan, as a result of shooting, four students were killed and seven people were injured. The shooter turned out to be 15-year-old. In September of the same year, in the city of Newport News (Virginia), the police detained a minor who wounded two. On August 13 of the same year, a shooting occurred at a high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the students shot dead another, according to police, the shooter was 13 years old. The problem of armed violence became the focus of attention of the American authorities after two May tragedies: an armed attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, where 10 people were killed, and a mass shooting at the Uvalde elementary school, where the perpetrator killed 19 children and two teachers. The law, signed by Biden in late June, tightens background checks on potential gun buyers aged 18 to 21, encourages states to enact regulations to deny possession of handguns and rifles to individuals deemed a danger to the public by a court, funds school safety and mental health programs. youth assistance. Already after the signing of the law, there was a massacre at the parade in honor of July 4 in the suburbs of Chicago. A man killed 7 people with an assault rifle and wounded more than 20.
