That mass shooting followed another at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., last month that killed 10 people… Let us finally do something.”īiden’s speech represented his most detailed plea yet to Congress for action in the wake of a devastating mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman. Biden claims these proposals are “rational, common-sense measures.” He continued, “How much more carnage are we willing to accept? Let’s meet the moment. He asked for Congress to “strengthen background checks,” even though this would not have prevented most mass shootings because the weapons were purchased legally and passed background checks by a registered FFL. Biden repeated a false claim that “you couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed and you couldn’t go out and purchase a lot of weapons.” Even liberal fact-checkers have labeled this comment as “false” about being unable to buy a cannon.