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Barbara Sprunt

President Biden pushes for assault weapons ban, but GOP leaders remain opposed

President Biden talks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on Tuesday for a trip to Durham, N.C. (Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images)

President Biden is renewing his call on Congress to ban assault weapons in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., which killed three students and three staff members.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement the shooter was "heavily armed with three guns, two of them assault-type weapons."

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