aspects of society. the hope is that it will save lives. bigger picture, there are many in america who believe that much more dramatic measures are needed. the issue, of course, is that with the current political make up in congress, they seem unlikely to change. though, the big issues, the assault style weapons, for example, that is unlikely to happen at least in the near future. unlikely to happen at least in the near future- unlikely to happen at least in the near future. ii ~ i i, i i russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. ukraine s army has already pulled its troops out from there. our ukraine correspondent, joe inwood, has the latest from the capital kyiv. so, this has been a long term aim of the russians to take this city, the city of severodonetsk. it s the biggest population centre that the ukrainians still held in the luhansk oblast region. and they have now taken it. in
crime, because it is often illegal weapons, not legal weapons that are part of that crime. so the government is also saying it will attack all cross border gun smuggling, bolts investigations, and also make the sentencing around those crimes more severe. in this idea of a gun freeze, it sounds good, imagine it is extremely difficult to institute. , ~ ., institute. absolutely. another bi i institute. absolutely. another big question institute. absolutely. another big question around institute. absolutely. another big question around what - institute. absolutely. another big question around what the | big question around what the government is doing, because they are also promising a buyback programme for assault style weapons that they are burning, they have already delayed that several times and putting down the road because it is so complicated to do. so this will have to work went through the house of commons and, certainly, it should be noted that the liberal government, prime m
shooter. they ran past. went back inside. what were you thinking as you were hiding in that bathroom for so long? i think i was just like, trying to be still. not like, just crying in my head, saying, don t make any noise. in the span of ten days, to 18 year old man allegedly killed 31 people 19 of them children, in two separate mass shootings on opposite ends of the country. the shooters in both massacres, a lot and they won in uvalde, texas uvalde, texas, legally purchased semiautomatic rifles. assault style weapons, they can buy, but they are not legally old enough to buy a call. this is not the american dream, it is the american nightmare. our nation is under siege. we are not even six months into the year and according to the gun violence archive, there
rifles like them, we see them again, and again in these mass shootings. well, the president does not make or set gun laws, he can t. is there any chance when we see him tomorrow, he ll start to talk. he ll bring up gun reform. because those assault style weapons, we here in city, after city, after city. yeah, certainly biden has a history in this narrative of course. during the 1990s as, a senator, he proposed and passed a and assault rifle ban that lasted about ten years. but then, sunset out. there was the ban, which went away, and made these weapons legal again. he has fought for gun control in the past. his vice president under president obama. he was charged with coming up with a plan to help restrict gun access after the newtown shootings. he did sign executive orders, they were pretty modest. not get any significant out of congress. you know, there is a pattern here to.
urgently different to get a different result, and thus far it doesn t seem like our communities are enough of a priority to do that, for lawmakers who know better. peter, president biden launched his campaign for the white house, talking about what happened in charlottesville and the need to end racism. you mentioned he s going to be an empathetic voice tomorrow. we ve heard that from him before. there is another commonality in saturday s shooting, which we ve seen with so many others. hate, unfortunately, we can t get rid of. but ar-15 assault rifles, and rifles like them, we see them again, and again in these mass shootings. well, the president does not make or set gun laws, he can t. is there any chance when we see him tomorrow, he ll start to talk. he ll bring up gun reform. because those assault style weapons, we here in city, after city, after city. yeah, certainly biden has a