A somber and angry Joe Biden mourned the loss of life in the Texas elementary school massacre while angrily calling out the gun lobby and manufacturers, saying that it was “time to act.”“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 do we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?”Biden didn’t specifically outline steps that the White House plans to take, but signaled a focus on assault weapons.He said that “if an 18-year-old can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons, it’s just wrong.
What in God’s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone? Deer aren’t running through the forests with kevlar vests on, for God’s sake.
It’s just sick.”Authorities say that 18 children and one adult were killed when the gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Ulvalde, TX.Biden spoke from the Roosevelt Room at the White House, in a speech carried across broadcast and cable networks.“Why do we keep letting this happen?
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