Exclusive: What Joe Biden Told FRONTLINE About School Shootings and Gun Control in 2014
May 25, 2022
In the wake of this week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Biden cited his history trying to pass “commonsense gun laws” — a subject he talked about with FRONTLINE in 2014.
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