Joe Biden speaks after mass shooting at Texas elementary school – video

Joe Biden has asked Americans to stand up to the gun lobby and pass sensible gun laws after at least 19 children and two adults were killed in a Texas school shooting on Tuesday. 'As a nation we have to ask, when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God's name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?' he said. Authorities said an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde before he was reportedly killed by responding officers

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