Biden signs landmark gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved’

WASHINGTON, 26 June 2022, (TON): President Joe Biden signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

He said “time is of the essence.”

Citing the families of shooting victims he has met, the president said “in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.”

“Their message to us was, ‘Do something.’ How many times did we hear that? ‘Just do something. For God’s sake, just do something.’ Today we did.”

The House gave final approval Friday, following Senate passage, and Biden acted just before leaving Washington for two summits in Europe.

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