President Joe Biden listens to remarks on gun control by Vice President He Jinli and Attorney General Merrick Garland in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2021. Biden will sign an executive order on gun control to prevent gun violence and announced his selection of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
President Joe Biden issued several new gun control measures Thursday (April 8) after two mass shootings last month. He called the shootings a “public health crisis.
In a White House speech, he said, “Gun violence is an epidemic in this country and an international embarrassment.” Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland also attended the speech. Several gun control advocacy leaders and local officials also attended, the report said.
Biden added, “I’m not going to suggest any infringement of the Second Amendment.” “These are false arguments that imply that what we’re talking about puts Second Amendment (Second) rights at risk.”
According to the text provided by the White House, Biden is directing the Justice Department to issue a proposed rule within 30 days aimed at curbing the spread of so-called “ghost guns.” The term “ghost guns” refers to guns that can be homemade from sets of parts purchased online and cannot be traced and do not have registration or serial numbers.
The Biden administration will also issue a proposed rule in the next two months announcing that handguns with Stabilizing Brace will be labeled as Short-barreled rifles, and issuing a “red flag” for states. Legislative template.
Three other actions announced by the Biden administration on Wednesday (April 7) were: funding for “community violence interventions” to curb the spike in murders and shootings last year; the start of an annual report on gun trafficking; and Appointed David Chipman as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Chipman is a former adviser to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, and a current adviser to Giffords, which says it works to stop gun violence.
In introducing the president on Thursday, Hejinli said, “I have seen with my own two lives what bullets can do to the human body …… I have fought against this violence my entire career and fought to pass reasonable gun safety measures.”
She said, “What are we waiting for? Because if we hadn’t waited, there would be no tragedy …… We’ve experienced too many tragedies that we can’t bear.” “The solutions are out there …… people on both sides of the aisle want action, real people …… so all that’s left is the will and the courage to act.”
Biden then called on Congress to act, saying, “Don’t always pray …… it’s time to act.”
Earlier Thursday, several prominent gun rights groups, including the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Gun Owners of America, criticized Biden’s statement.
The pro-gun groups argue that Biden’s statement is inherently atrocious.
Gun Owners of America said Thursday, “Biden is acting like a dictator and is trying to unilaterally control the guns in the hands of gun owners. He is trying to do this through administrative means, bypassing the constitutional requirement and granting Congress the right to pass legislation.”
Meanwhile, the National Rifle Association (NRA) also warned after Biden’s speech that his order would effectively “repeal the Second Amendment.
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