US mass shootings ‘a national embarrassment’: Biden Al Jazeera English © President Joe Biden again called on Congress to take up gun control legislation [Andrew Harnik/AP Ph. President Joe Biden again called on Congress to take up gun control legislation [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]
President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country’s permissive firearms laws.
The day after an attacker killed eight people and himself at a FedEx Corp facility in Indianapolis, Biden insisted he could tackle the problem while also pushing a sweeping jobs package and working to rein in the coronavirus pandemic.
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