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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

Biden misstates the date of the Parkland mass shooting by 100 years while delivering speech on gun reform law

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Joe Biden misstated the date of the Parkland, Florida, attack that killed 17 people and injured 17 back in 2018, which at the time was considered the deadliest mass shooting to take place at a US high school.

While applauding lawmakers for the passage of a bipartisan gun reform bill that was signed into law in June, the US president began delivering remarks that stressed the need for more action to be undertaken by elected officials to protect the public from gun violence.

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