ban assault weapons [...] Who, in God's name, needs a magazine which can hold 200 shells?" - Meaning and context.">
From a speech at Everytown for Gun Safety's annual training conference, Washington, D.C., as cited by Rebecca Shabad in "Biden talks gun safety at previously scheduled event hours after his son is found guilty on gun charges", NBC News (11 June 2024)
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It's time once again, to do what I did when I was a senator: ban assault weapons [...] Who, in God's name, needs a magazine which can hold 200 shells?

— Joe Biden

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It's time once again, to do what I did when I was a senator: ban assault weapons [...] Who, in God's name, needs a magazine which can hold 200 shells?" in the context of "From a speech at Everytown for Gun Safety's annual training conference, Washington, D.C., as cited by Rebecca Shabad in "Biden talks gun safety at previously scheduled event hours after his son is found guilty on gun charges", NBC News (11 June 2024)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Joe Biden" (Quotes, 2024, June 2024) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed February 05, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Joe Biden

About Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009.