Biden says mass killings ‘too normal’ in US in wake of FedEx shooting

President Biden on Friday condemned the deadly FedEx rampage that left eight people dead in Indiana as “the latest in a string of tragedies” that have become all “too normal” in the US.

Repeating his call for more weapons control legislation, the president added in the prepared statement, “Gun violence is an epidemic in America.
“But we should not accept it. We must act.”

Biden touched on other recent mass shootings, including in Atlanta, Ga., Boulder, Colo., and Rock Hill, SC.

He ordered flags to fly at half-staff at the White House and elsewhere around the country — “just two weeks after I gave the last such order.