Biden talks crime, gun control during Pennsylvania speech

President Joe Biden traveled to Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday to deliver remarks on his Safer America Plan, and specifically gun safety in America.

Biden’s plan moves to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns; requires background checks for all gun sales with some exceptions; clears court backlogs and improves pretrial supervision of criminal cases; and invests in recruiting and training 100,000 additional police officers for community policing over the next five years.

He also forcefully defended the FBI as the agency and its employees have come under increased criticism and threats of violence since executing a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month.

“It’s sickening to see the new attacks on the FBI, threatening the life of law enforcement and their families, for simply carrying out the law and doing their job,” Biden said before a crowd of more than 500 at Wilkes University. “I’m opposed to defunding the police; I’m also opposed to defunding the FBI.”