Biden’s uphill battle for gun reform after Texas massacre
Transforming outrage over the gun deaths of children into legislative action could be difficult for Biden, especially if Republicans win control of the House in midterm elections in November.
Washington | Gun violence in the United States is reaching new heights, but public support for tighter restrictions on buying firearms has declined in the past few years, leaving reform-minded Democrats and Republicans frustrated.
An impassioned President Joe Biden has demanded swift action on gun safety in response to this week’s massacre at a Texas elementary school, where a lone gunman shot dead 19 children and two teachers with an arsenal of weaponry.
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