White House Press Secretary Calls for ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban After 2 Killed in St. Louis School Attack

Students stand in a parking lot near the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School
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AWR Hawkins

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called for an “assault weapons” ban Monday in response to a St. Louis school shooting in which two people were killed.

The shooting occurred at St. Louis’s Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (CVPA) just after 9 a.m., Breitbart News reported. The attacker, thought to be around 20, was quickly taken out by police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch indicated the “call for an active shooter came in at 9:11 a.m., and the shooter was shot 14 minutes later on the school’s third floor.”

Broken glass in the entrance on the north side of the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a shooting that left three people dead including the shooter in St Louis, Missouri on October 24, 2022. - Two people were killed on Monday and several were injured by a gunman who opened fire at a high school in the midwestern US city of St. Louis, police said. (Photo by TIM VIZER / AFP) (Photo by TIM VIZER/AFP via Getty Images)

Broken glass in the entrance on the north side of the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a shooting that left two people dead in St Louis, Missouri, on October 24, 2022. (TIM VIZER/AFP via Getty Images)

CNN identified the deceased attacker as a 19-year-old who graduated from CVPA last year. He killed two innocents at the school before being stopped by officers.

At this point in the shooting investigation law enforcement has not revealed the specific type of gun used in the attack. Various reports simply indicated it was a long gun.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 24: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a daily news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House on October 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. During the briefing, Jean-Pierre took questions on a range of topics including U.S. President Joe Biden's travel schedule before the midterm elections and the progress of Biden's student loan forgiveness program. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a daily news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House on October 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

On Monday afternoon, Jean-Pierre pushed for an “assault weapons” ban, saying:

Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by today’s senseless violence, particularly those injured and killed, their families as well as the first respondents. We need additional action to stop the scourge of gun violence.

Every day that the Senate fails to send an assault weapons ban to the President’s desk, or waits to take another — other common-sense actions is a day too late for our families and communities impacted by gun violence.

President Biden was interviewed by NowThis News on Sunday and he told them he wants to limits gun owners to “eight bullets in a round,” Breitbart News noted.

The latest figures from the National Shooting Sports Foundation show there are more than 24 million “commonly owned” firearms, which Democrats label “assault weapons,” in circulation in the U.S.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins holds a PhD in Military History with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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