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Joe Biden says US should have ‘societal guilt’ 10 years after Sandy Hook

President Joe Biden hugs Jackie Hagerty, who survived the Sandy Hook shooting, during the 10th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence at St Marks Episcopal church in Washington, DC, on 7 December.
President Joe Biden hugs Jackie Hagerty, who survived the Sandy Hook shooting, during the 10th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence at St Marks Episcopal church in Washington DC on 7 December. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Joe Biden said on Wednesday the US should have “societal guilt” over taking too long to address gun violence and the curse of school shootings.

The president made the remark in a statement 10 years after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, in which 20 young children and six adults were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, on 14 December 2012.

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