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Biden visits Uvalde after school shooting and calls for assault weapons ban
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to Uvalde, Texas, five days after Salvador Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook. Biden pauses at each child's cross for nearly three hours, his face at times buried in his hands. Before visiting, Biden delivers a prime-time address calling for an assault weapons ban, background check expansion, and red flag laws. He blames "the gun lobby" for blocking reform. Biden's Uvalde visit comes weeks before Congress passes the more modest Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which does not include an assault weapons ban.