Biden Announces Six Gun Control Executive Actions
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Biden targets 'ghost guns' and 'red flag' laws in new gun control measures
President Joe Biden is trying to limit "ghost guns" and make it easier for people to flag family members who shouldn't be allowed to purchase firearms with a series of executive actions taken Thursday in the wake of recent mass shootings.
Efforts to find bipartisan agreement for popular gun control measures have fizzled, even as lawmakers expressed openness to provisions like tightening background checks.
The actions by Biden are limited and will still likely face legal opposition from gun rights advocates, who view any efforts to limit access as a...
From the Center
US gun violence 'an international embarrassment,' says Biden
President Biden on Thursday decried the epidemic of gun violence in America as an "international embarrassment" as he rolled out a series of executive actions intended to address the issue.
"Nothing I’m about to recommend in any way impinges on the Second Amendment," Biden said in the Rose Garden. "They're phony arguments suggesting these are Second Amendment rights at stake with what we’re talking about. But no amendment, no amendment to the Constitution is absolute."
"So the idea is just bizarre to suggest that some of the things we’re recommending...
From the Right
Biden announces 6 executive actions on guns — including 'ghost gun' regulation, model 'red flag' legislation
President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled six executive actions intended to address what his administration calls the current "gun violence public health epidemic" facing America. Included among the actions were forthcoming regulations on so-called "ghost guns" — makeshift weapons which can be assembled at home or that lack a serial number — and model "red flag" laws.
The actions come nearly 80 days into Biden's presidency, despite the president's long-standing intent to initiate gun reform and pressure from gun control advocates to enact measures to restrict firearm access earlier. In...
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