President Joe Biden, faced with yet another mass shooting on his watch, said Friday that the news of at least eight Americans killed in Indianapolis on Thursday night has "become too normal."

"Too many Americans are   สล็อตออนไลน์  dying every single day from gun violence," Biden said Friday morning in a written statement. "It stains our character and pierces the very soul of our nation."

Biden said that he had been briefed on the shooting at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and ordered the flags lowered to half-staff in honor of those who died "just two weeks after I gave the last such order."

"Gun violence is an epidemic in America. But we should not accept it. We must act," he said.

Later Friday, Biden, who has faced pressure to call more forcefully for gun control measures, denied he had not pushed hard enough.

Calling the all-too-regular occurrence of mass shootings a "national embarrassment," he defended his legislative agenda that prioritizes infrastructure ahead of police and gun reform despite recent mass shootings and police involved shootings.

"I've never not prioritized this. No one has worked harder to deal with violence used by individuals using weapons than I have," Biden said during a Rose Garden news conference with Japan's prime minister.

He once again called on the Senate to pass gun reform bills that have passed the House of Representatives, and raised his voice at one point as he said, "I'm not going to give up till it's done."