"If we really want to keep our children safe," Cheney stated, "we need to spend less time banning books and more time stopping the horrific gun violence in our schools."
President Joe Biden says there may some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman in the Texas school shooting.
Officials say Biden plans to announce in a speech later Wednesday a “zero tolerance” policy that gives no leeway to gun dealers who fail to comply with federal law, meaning that their license to sell will be revoked on the first offense.