Police-related shootings to complicate Biden’s gun control push

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Recent police-related shootings could stymie President Joe Biden’s agenda to curb gun violence as his proposed measures run up against electoral priorities in Congress and gun ownership trends.

Earlier this week, police shot and killed Daunte Wright, about 10 miles from the courthouse where Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was filmed putting his knee to Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes last year.

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