Biden Demands Gun Reform: “Enough”

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President Biden calls on Congress to ban assault weapons as the nation reels from back to back mass shootings. The gunman who opened fire in Tulsa on Wednesday has been identified as Michael Louis, a disgruntled patient of one of the victims. This, as the focus of the Uvalde school shooting investigation turns to the inaction of the school district police chief and other law enforcement officers who responded. Plus, the Depp-Heard trial and the court of public opinion, Glock is sued by a shooting victim, and Elon Musk demands that Tesla office workers return to in-person work or leave the company. Hosted by Laura Coates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Anderson, thank you so much.
0:04.6	I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight.
0:07.4	A short while ago, we heard from an emotional and an increasingly frustrated President Biden.
0:13.2	I mean, after all, it was Vice President Biden nearly a decade ago, who had the distinct
0:19.3	responsibility of trying to formulate the government's response to the tragedy at Sandy
0:24.7	Hook.
0:25.7	Now tonight, he delivered his first prime time address to the nation on gun violence
0:30.5	and the epidemic that has become in America.
0:33.2	You may have noticed the 56 candles burning behind him.
0:37.1	They're meant to represent shooting victims from all US states and territories.
0:42.7	And it came amid cries of enough.
0:48.6	After Colin Bind, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas,
0:55.3	after Parkland, nothing has been done.
1:00.0	This time, that can't be true.
1:02.6	This time, we must actually do something.
1:05.7	This isn't about taking to anyone's rights.
1:07.7	It's about protecting children, it's about protecting families for God's sake.
1:14.7	How much more carnage are we willing to accept?
1:17.9	How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say enough?
1:23.7	Enough, enough, enough.
1:26.5	Enough.
1:27.5	I didn't hold back chastising Republicans for their opposition to new gun control measures.
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