Biden Says Americans Would ‘Need Some F-15s’ to Fight Government

The president vowed to ban 'assault weapons'

President Joe Biden speaks at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 2023, the eve of the national holiday honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden said on Monday that AR-15 rifles wouldn’t help Americans in an armed conflict with the federal government.

Biden made the comments during the National Action Network’s (NAN) annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast in Washington, where he vowed to ban what he called “assault weapons,” referring to semiautomatic sporting rifles in the style of an AR-15.