<p>US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to enact "commonsense" gun law reforms, three years after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.</p>.<p>"This administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed that call," Biden said in a statement marking the Valentine's Day shooting in 2018 that left 17 people dead and brought fresh attention to America's lax gun laws.</p>.<p>"We will take action to end our epidemic of gun violence and make our schools and communities safer."</p>.<p>Biden said he wants Congress to pass laws that would require background checks on all gun sales and ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.</p>.<p>The confessed school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and fired between 100 and 150 rounds in a rampage that killed 14 students and three adult staff at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.</p>.<p>Biden said Congress must also eliminate "immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets."</p>.<p>Cruz was able to buy the assault rifle legally, despite having known mental health problems.</p>.<p>Even in a country that has grown inured to mass shootings and gun violence, the Florida shooting sparked outrage across the US and prompted fresh demands for firearms control.</p>.<p>But with Donald Trump in the White House and the Republicans controlling the Senate at the time, legislation approved by the Democrats in the House of Representatives went nowhere.</p>.<p>Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the House would try again.</p>.<p>"We will enact these and other life-saving bills and deliver the progress that the Parkland community and the American people deserve and demand," she said in a statement.</p>.<p>Despite polls finding most Americans in favor of some sort of gun law reforms, successive US administrations have been powerless to pass legislation.</p>.<p>"The time to act is now," Biden said.</p>
<p>US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to enact "commonsense" gun law reforms, three years after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.</p>.<p>"This administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed that call," Biden said in a statement marking the Valentine's Day shooting in 2018 that left 17 people dead and brought fresh attention to America's lax gun laws.</p>.<p>"We will take action to end our epidemic of gun violence and make our schools and communities safer."</p>.<p>Biden said he wants Congress to pass laws that would require background checks on all gun sales and ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.</p>.<p>The confessed school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and fired between 100 and 150 rounds in a rampage that killed 14 students and three adult staff at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.</p>.<p>Biden said Congress must also eliminate "immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets."</p>.<p>Cruz was able to buy the assault rifle legally, despite having known mental health problems.</p>.<p>Even in a country that has grown inured to mass shootings and gun violence, the Florida shooting sparked outrage across the US and prompted fresh demands for firearms control.</p>.<p>But with Donald Trump in the White House and the Republicans controlling the Senate at the time, legislation approved by the Democrats in the House of Representatives went nowhere.</p>.<p>Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the House would try again.</p>.<p>"We will enact these and other life-saving bills and deliver the progress that the Parkland community and the American people deserve and demand," she said in a statement.</p>.<p>Despite polls finding most Americans in favor of some sort of gun law reforms, successive US administrations have been powerless to pass legislation.</p>.<p>"The time to act is now," Biden said.</p>