Biden Uses Fourth Anniversary of Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting to Double down on Calls for Harsher Gun Control

President Joe Biden kicked off the week by using the fourth anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., to double down on his calls for harsher gun control.

In a statement on Monday remembering the 14 students and three educators killed in the shooting, Biden said he urges Congress to pass bills “requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers.”

He also called on Congress to pass a budget that includes a half-billion dollars for “community policing and community violence interventions,” as well as increased funding for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshals.