Guns and the U.S. law
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After nearly four months in office devoted mostly to the pandemic, U.S. President Joe Biden has turned his attention to perhaps the single most polarizing topic in American life: guns.
In the first two weeks of April, 96 Americans have been victims of mass shootings. Thirty of them died.
CGTN’s Owen Fairclough looks at guns and the law.
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