Biden urges Congress to reimpose assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday (March 28) continued to call for U.S. lawmakers to enact federal legislation addressing the nation's gun crisis, one day after three students and three adult staff members were killed at a Tennessee school.

Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Biden said he has already used the "full extent" of his executive authority to address the gun issue, and said he can't do anything more "except plead with the Congress to act reasonably."

Biden repeated his call for Congress to reimpose an assault weapons ban, saying Americans "think having assault weapons is bizarre, it's a crazy idea. They're against that."

Biden told reporters "violent shootings went down" when Congress enacted restrictions in 1994 on the manufacture and sale of assault-type weapons. The ban expired after 10 years.

Asked whether he was considering a trip to Nashville to meet with community members, Biden said "yes", and said he had spoken to Nashville's mayor and chief of police as well as Tennessee's two senators.

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