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8 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#BREAKING Biden calls US gun violence an 'epidemic'
#BREAKING Biden calls for US ban on private 'assault weapons'
#UPDATE With the US Congress unable to agree on broad new gun regulations like stricter background checks, Biden announced six executive measures which he said would help tamp down a crisis he called an "an international embarrassment"
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VIDEO: US President Joe Biden calls for a ban on military style weapons and large ammunition clips in private hands at a White House event to unveil a series of measures against what he called the "epidemic" of gun violence

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