00:00I had hoped, when I became president, I would not have to do this again.
00:08Another massacre.
00:11Uvalde, Texas.
00:15An elementary school.
00:18Beautiful, innocent, second, third, fourth graders.
00:26And how many scores of little children who witnessed what happened see their friends die as if they're on a
00:37battlefield, for God's sake.
00:40I am sick and tired of it.
00:43We have to act.
00:46And don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage.
00:52I spent my career as a senator and a vice president working to pass common-sense gun laws.
01:00We can and won't prevent every tragedy, but we know they work and have positive impact.
01:06When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down.
01:11When the law expired, mass shootings tripled.
01:14The idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is
01:22just wrong.
01:24What in God's name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone?
01:29Why are we willing to live with this carnage?
01:33Why do we keep letting this happen?
01:37Where in God's name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with it and stand up to the
01:43lobbies?
01:44It's time to turn this pain into action for every parent, for every citizen in this country.
01:51We have to make it clear to every elected official in this country.
01:54It's time to act.
01:56It's time to act.
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