WASHINGTON - Sunday marks three years since 17 people were killed and another 17 wounded when a gunman opened fire at a school in Parkland, Fla.
on Valentine's Day 2018.President Joe Biden used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws with "commonsense" reforms. "We owe it to all those we’ve lost and to all those left behind to grieve to make a change.
The time to act is now," he said in a statement. Biden called on Congress to enact background checks on all gun sales, eliminate immunity for gun manufacturers and to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.