Members of Congress from Massachusetts are calling for federal action to overhaul gun laws in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Texas outlet mall over the weekend.

A gunman authorities identified as Mauricio Garcia killed eight people and wounded seven others in Allen, Texas on Saturday afternoon, before he was killed by police.

On Sunday, President Joe Biden asked Congress to send him "a bill banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Enacting universal background checks. Requiring safe storage. Ending immunity for gun manufacturers."

"I will sign it immediately," Biden said in a statement. "We need nothing less to keep our streets safe."

Some members of Massachusetts' all-Democrat Congressional delegation are also asking for their colleagues to act.

Rep. Katherine Clark of Revere, the U.S. House's second-ranking Democrat, posted the findings of a recent Fox News poll to Twitter, writing: "Americans agree: enough is enough. Republicans in Congress must stop the obstruction and support reforms that will save lives."

The nationwide poll of 1,004 registered voters, conducted from April 21-24, found high levels of support for a variety of gun control measures, including requiring background checks on all gun buyers (87%), improving enforcement of existing gun laws (81%), raising the legal gun-buying age to 21 (81%), requiring mental-health checks on gun-buyers and allowing police to take guns from those considered a danger to themselves or others (80% each), and requiring a 30-day waiting period on all gun purchases (77%).

Six in 10 survey respondents backed bans on assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons. The poll tracked a deep partisan divide on assault weapon bans, with 84 percent of Democrats but only 36 percent of Republicans in support.

The state’s two U.S. senators issued their own calls for action, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren saying both Congress and the Biden administration should “do more to pass and enforce robust gun violence prevention laws.” Sen. Ed Markey said Congress “has an obligation to act.”

“Americans aren’t able to mourn the victims of one mass shooting before another occurs. It’s devastating—but it’s preventable,” Markey wrote.

U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan posed the question, “How many more children and families need to be murdered at the hands of a gunman before serious action is taken to stop gun violence?”

A Trahan spokesperson said the Westford Democrat “supports outlawing high capacity magazines and renewing the 1994 assault weapons ban that was effective in reducing the rate of mass shootings, requiring universal background checks on every firearm purchase so guns aren’t falling into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, and closing the Charleston loophole so no one gets a gun before a full background check is completed.”

Assault weapons are banned in Massachusetts under a 1998 state law, and former Gov. Charlie Baker in 2018 signed an "extreme risk protection order" law that lets family members petition the courts to temporarily suspend the gun ownership rights of someone deemed to be a danger.

Further state-level action on gun laws is possible this session. When the two-year term began in January, House Speaker Ron Mariano said he wants to work on further strengthening Massachusetts gun laws.

State Rep. Michael Day, a Stoneham Democrat who serves as House chair of the Judiciary Committee, launched a listening tour to hear from members of the public on various aspects of firearm safety and regulation, including so-called "ghost guns" — untraceable weapons built at home — school shooting prevention, hunting, and community impacts. After a Monday evening stop in Brockton, the tour is scheduled to visit Lowell, Boston, Framingham, New Bedford, Lawrence, Springfield and Lenox over the next month.