Joe Biden demands action on gun control on anniversary of Uvalde shooting – video

On the first anniversary of the deaths of 19 children and two teachers in a school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, US president Joe Biden said too many schools in the country had become 'killing fields'.

He then renewed his call for a ban on assault rifles. 'It's time to act,' Biden said at a memorial for the victims of the Uvalde shooting. 'It's time to make our voices heard. Not as Democrats or Republicans. But as friends, as neighbors, as parents, as fellow Americans.'

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