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The U.S., which has a higher rate of gun deaths than any other wealthy nation, has been shaken in recent weeks by mass shootings at a grocery store in upstate New York, an elementary school in Texas that killed 19 children, and a medical building in Oklahoma [on Jun 1].
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Speaking from the White House, the president called for a number of measures historically opposed by Republicans in Congress, including banning the sale of assault weapons, or, if that were not possible, raising the minimum age to buy those weapons to 21 from 18, and repealing the liability shield that protects gun manufacturers from being sued for violence perpetrated by people carrying their guns.
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A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Thursday was working on a bill aimed at toughening national gun laws, though the measure has little chance of passing the Senate. Gun safety advocates have pushed Biden to take stronger measures on his own to curb gun violence, but the White House wants Congress to pass legislation.