Biden to take executive actions to reduce gun violence
Biden to take executive actions to reduce gun violence. After a rash of school shootings in recent weeks and pressure from campaigners. President Biden declared US gun violence an “epidemic” and an “international disgrace” outlined actions to restrict those weapons and attempt to deter gun violence. For God’s sake, there is an outbreak that must be stopped, Biden said. He made announcements in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday. In front of a crowd of politicians and gun-control supporters. Vice President Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland both spoke.
An attempt to limit the spread of so-called ghost weapons which can be built at home from kits and have no serial numbers. Biden aims to require serial numbers on key pieces and background checks on consumers. The Justice Department will release an updated report on gun trafficking, reviewing the last one from 2000. The Justice has ordered to draught guidelines that make AR-15 handguns more reliable and precise. A similar brace has allegedly used by the gunman in last month’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, which killed ten people.
Biden prioritized other acts, such as the COVID-19 relief bill and his infrastructure:
In addition, Biden said that he would appoint David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Chipman is a 25-year ATF veteran who served on the hearings into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He most recently a senior policy advisor at Giffords, an anti-gun violence activist organization created by former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who shot in a mass shooting in 2011. Following last month’s shootings in Boulder and at numerous Atlanta-area establishments that killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian origin. Moreover, Biden under pressure to take action to reduce gun abuse.
As a senator, Biden has the forefront of gun-control legislation including a ban on the selling of assault-style firearms and the Brady Act which established a national system of background checks. However, as president, Biden has relatively conservative urging the Senate to pass House-approved legislation strengthening background checks and allowing the FBI more time to process them. But he has prioritized other acts, such as the COVID-19 relief bill and his infrastructure and employment initiative. Biden said that none of his decisions “infringe on the Second Amendment,” but gun rights supporters are expected to overturn the proposed limits.
