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

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”.

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