President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass gun control bills in the wake of yet another mass shooting that left 9 people dead, including the gunman, at a Texas mall over the weekend.
The Democratic president renewed calls for Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as to enact universal background checks and end immunity for gun manufacturers. There is little chance the narrowly divided House and Senate would pass such legislation, although polls show most Americans support background checks.
The Associated Press said that three law enforcement officials named Mauricio Garcia, 33, as the gunman who was fatally shot Saturday by a police officer. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss details of an ongoing investigation. A graphic 10-second video shared on Twitter on Saturday showed several dead bodies slumped against a planter and white wall bearing the sign of retailer H&M.
In past shootings, social media sites worked to take down links to such graphic images. An emailed request for comment to Twitter, which no longer has a communications team, returned an automated reply with a poop emoji. "There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of anger and violence that's taking place in America," he said. "We are working to address that anger and violence by going to his root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it."
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