Biden Calls on Congress To Pass Gun Control Legislation

Biden Calls on Congress , To Pass Gun Control Legislation.

President Joe Biden made the televised remarks on June 2.

His comments came after several mass shootings recently occurred in the country, killing dozens of school children and adults.

How much carnage are we willing to accept?

, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say enough?

Enough, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

To implore Congress to act on gun violence, the president evoked mass shootings from the past.

After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

This time that can't be true.

This time, we must actually do something, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

Biden stated that gun legislation "isn't about taking away anyone's rights.".

It's about protecting children, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

It's about protecting families.

It's about protecting whole communities.

, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

It's about protecting our freedom to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

The president said, "it's time for the Senate to do something.".

The fact that a majority of the Senate Republicans don't want any of these proposals even to be debated or come up for a vote I find unconscionable.

, President Joe Biden, via CBS News.

We can't fail the American people again, President Joe Biden, via CBS News