Biden renews calls for gun reform after Indianapolis shooting [View all]
Source: Politico
“Gun violence is an epidemic in America. But we should not accept it. We must act," Biden said.
By BEN LEONARD
04/16/2021 12:46 PM EDT
President Joe Biden on Friday called gun violence an “epidemic” in the U.S. and renewed calls on Congress to bring gun reform legislation to his desk in the wake of yet another mass shooting, this one at a shipping center in Indianapolis.
The mass shooting at a FedEx facility Thursday night left eight people dead and follows mass shootings last month in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo. It was at least the third mass shooting in the city this year, Indianapolis officials said at a press conference Friday. Those officials said they hadn’t yet identified the suspect or a motive and offered scant details on the situation.
“Gun violence is an epidemic in America. But we should not accept it. We must act,” Biden said in a statement Friday. “God bless the eight fellow Americans we lost in Indianapolis and their loved ones, and we pray for the wounded for their recovery.”
In his statement, the president ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff as he did in the wake of the shootings in Atlanta and Boulder.
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