Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: 'How much more carnage?'
June 3, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Enough, enough," President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into "killing fields."
If legislators fail to act, he warned, voters should use their "outrage" to turn it into a central issue in November's midterm elections.
Speaking at the White House on Thursday night, Biden acknowledged the stiff political headwinds as he sought to drive up pressure on Congress to pass stricter...
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