"How Much More Carnage...": Biden Appeals For Tougher Gun Laws
NDTV
"How much more carnage are we willing to accept?" Biden asked in a prime time television broadcast from the White House while urging to ban firearms in the US.
US President Joe Biden pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to take action on gun violence plaguing the country, calling for a ban on assault weapons such as those used in recent massacres in Texas and New York state.
Biden's made the 17-minute address -- his latest appeal for tougher firearms laws -- with 56 lighted candles arrayed along a long corridor behind him to represent US states and territories suffering from gun violence.
"How much more carnage are we willing to accept?" the president asked in the speech, which he delivered with anger in his voice, at times dipping close to a whisper.
"We can't fail the American people again," he said, condemning the refusal of a majority of Republican senators to support tougher laws as "unconscionable."
