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Biden points to assault weapons ban as 'rational' option for gun control

May 31, 2022 View Original Article
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    -50% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    34% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -38% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "The idea of these high caliber weapons -- there's simply no rational basis for it in terms of, about self-protection, hunting and I guess -- and, remember, the Constitution, the Second Amendment was never absolute.
50% : You couldn't buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed.
12% : Biden: 'No rational basis' for purchasing high-caliber weapons Pressed on potential avenues for gun control in the wake of the devastating Uvalde, Texas, shooting, President Joe Biden pointed to an assault weapons ban on Monday morning.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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