Biden Calls For Ban On Assault Weapons After California Shootings  

US President Joe Biden called for Congress to act quickly to ban assault weapons, as California reeled from two deadly mass shootings in less than 48 hours. <br />A group of senators reintroduced a federal Assault Weapons Ban and legislation that would raise the minimum purchase age for assault weapons to 21. <br />A suspected gunman was in custody Tuesday over the killing of seven people in a rural community in northern California, just two days after a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles. <br />A law banning assault rifles expired in 2004 and Congress has repeatedly failed to renew it even as the country endures repeated mass shootings.