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Mon Mar 27 2023

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President Joe Biden renewed his call for Congress to ban assault weaspons and high capacity magazinesfollowing the school shooting in Nashville today that saw three children and three staff members killed.

"It's heartbreaking, a family's worst nightmare," Biden said. "We have to do more to stop gun violence. It's ripping our communities apart, ripping at the very soul of the nation. We have to do more to protect our schools so they aren't turned into prisons."

During his remarks, Biden noted that the suspect — a 28-year-old woman —had two "assault-type weapons," which are among the weapons he wants Congress to ban, in addition to a pistol.

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