Biden: "We should have societal guilt" for inaction on guns after Sandy Hook
Posted on AllSides December 14th, 2022
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President Biden said in a statement Wednesday that the U.S. should have "societal guilt" for not taking more action to address gun violence after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Why it matters: Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators.
Biden, who was serving as vice president at the time of the mass shooting, reiterated a commitment to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, saying they "have no purpose other than to kill people in large numbers."
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