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President Biden on Sunday responded to a deadly mass shooting at an outlet mall in Texas by ordering U.S. flags at federal buildings flown at half-staff and calling on Congress to pass gun-control laws, including a ban on military-style rifles or “assault weapons.”
The president said he was praying for the victims and families impacted by the attack that killed eight people and wounded seven Saturday at a mall in Allen, Texas.
He also expressed gratitude to the first responders who killed the gunman, but said the tragedy was “all too familiar.”
“Yesterday, an assailant in tactical gear armed with an AR-15 style assault weapon gunned down innocent people in a shopping mall, and not for the first time. Such an attack is too shocking to be so familiar. And yet, American communities have suffered roughly 200 mass shootings already this year, according to leading counts,” Mr.
