arlington national cemetery. that was just a couple hours after president biden addressed reporters outside the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. the president told reporters gathered on the south lawn that there is, quote, no rational basis for the ability to purchase high-caliber assault weapons that can fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of the uvalde and buffalo massacre, which together left 31 people murdered, was ek code by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86-year-old ruth whitfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we re not looking for a vaccine. we know what works on this. it includes, let s have an assault weapons ban. background checks. why should anyone be able to buy a weapon th