Biden says ‘we have to act’ after deadly mass shooting at Uvalde elementary school

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Biden says ‘we have to act’ after deadly mass shooting at Uvalde elementary school
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President Joe Biden delivered an emotional call for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens. – An anguished and angry President Joe Biden called for new restrictions on firearms Tuesday night after a gunman“We have to act,” Biden told the nation, after years of failure to pass new laws.

With first lady Jill Biden standing by his side in the Roosevelt Room, the president said, “It’s time we turned this pain into action.” The back-to-back tragedies served as sobering reminders of the frequency and brutality of an American epidemic of mass gun violence.It's unclear if the latest tragedy will change the political dynamic around guns after so many others — including the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that killed 26, including 20 children — failed to do so.

“We have to have the courage to take action ... to ensure something like this never happens again,” she said.

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