Joe Biden renews calls for gun control after US primary school shooting

The US president has given an emotional address from the White House after at least 21 people were killed, including 18 children, in a mass shooting at a primary school in Texas.

Law enforcement officers at Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting. Source: Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images

United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for Americans to stand up against the country's powerful pro-gun lobby after a teenage shooter killed 18 young children and three adults at a primary school in Texas.

"I had hoped, when I became president, I would not have to do this, again," a distraught President Joe Biden said at the White House as he led national mourning, vowing to find a way to tighten gun ownership laws.

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