Biden calls again for US assault rifles ban: ‘We are living in a country awash in weapons of war’ – as it happened

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Joe Biden is once again appealing to Congress to go further with gun safety legislation and ban assault weapons in the US.

In remarks at the White House moments ago he included a vivid indictment of the proliferation of military-style assault weapons among the general public in recent years and how they repeatedly feature in mass shootings.