Biden declares ‘lives will be saved’ as he signs landmark gun legislation

US President Joe Biden has signed the landmark gun violence Bill (Andrew Harnik/AP)

US President Joe Biden has signed the most sweeping gun violence Bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings.

In the wake of the latest shooting, which saw the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at a Texas primary school, Mr Biden declared the legislation will mean “lives will be saved”.