Joe Biden calls for gun control measures on school shooting anniversary

Seventeen memorial crosses placed for the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida (Gerald Herbert/AP)

President Joe Biden called for stronger gun laws as a Florida community remembered the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre.

“In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever,” Mr Biden said in a statement.