在最近一次大规模枪击事件后，乔·拜登总统再次呼吁禁止攻击性武器弗吉尼亚的沃尔玛并称美国继续出售半自动武器是“病态的”。

“我们仍然允许购买半自动武器的想法是病态的。就是有病。它没有社会救赎价值。零。没有。除了枪支制造商的利润，没有一个单独的理由，”他周四在马萨诸塞州楠塔基特的一个消防站停留时说。

禁令实际上在国会通过的机会几乎是不可能的，因为共和党人已经控制了众议院，任何立法都需要获得60票才能打破参议院的阻挠。然而，总统说这不会阻止他尝试。

“我打算试试。我将努力摆脱攻击性武器，”他说。

这番话是在一系列大规模枪击事件将枪支改革问题推回到国家前沿之后发表的。

弗吉尼亚州的杀人事件和科罗拉多州一家同性恋夜总会的大规模枪击事件再次引发了支持者对更严格枪支法律的呼吁，例如禁止AR-15等攻击性武器。

拜登一直未能凑齐所需的两党支持，以使一项法案摆在他的办公桌上。

拜登还简要评论了合同交易的谈判但他说他不能谈论是什么阻碍了双方达成协议。

“我还没有直接参与，”拜登说，尽管他的团队仍与所有相关各方保持联系。

Biden reiterates call for assault weapons ban after mass shootings

President Joe Biden reiterated his call to pursue a ban on assault weapons following the latest mass shooting at aWalmart in Virginiaand said it’s "sick" that the U.S. continues to sell semiautomatic weapons.

"The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It’s just sick. It has no social redeeming values. Zero. None. Not a single, solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturer," he said Thursday during a stop at a fire station in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

The chance of a ban actually making its way through Congress is all but impossible now that Republicans have control of the House of Representatives and the need for any legislation to get 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate. The president, however, said that will not stop him from trying.

"I’m going to try. I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons," he said.

The remarks come after a string of mass shootings thrust the issue of gun reform back to the national fore.

The killing in Virginia and a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado have renewed calls by advocates for tighter gun laws, such as a ban on assault weapons like the AR-15.

Biden has been unable to cobble together the bipartisan support needed to get a bill to his desk.

Biden also made brief comments onnegotiations on a contract dealbetween railroad companies and unions to help avoid a strike but said he couldn’t talk about what is holding up each side from reaching a deal.

"I have not directly engaged yet," Biden said, though his team remains in touch with all the parties involved.