More than 40000 people are shot dead in a year, US President Joe Biden issued a statement calling for gun control.

[more than 40000 people killed in a year US President Joe Biden issued a statement calling for gun control] US President Joe Biden issued a statement on the National Anti-Gun violence Day (National Gun Violence Awareness Day) on June 2, local time. He said in a statement that last year alone, more than 40000 Americans died as a result of gun violence. He once again called on Congress and state governments to take action to pass a gun control bill to maintain national safety.