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Today, in Monterey Park, California, President Biden will announce an Executive Order with the goal of increasing the number of background checks.

The President is directing the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement principles to further firearm and public safety practices through Department of Defense acquisition of firearms, consistent with applicable law. In recent years, we’ve seen the rise of technology that allows guns to be made with polymers and other materials that are increasingly capable of avoiding detection by metal detectors. - Improve federal support for gun violence survivors, victims and survivors’ families, first responders to gun violence, and communities affected by gun violence. In addition, President Biden is directing members of his Cabinet to expand existing federal campaigns and other efforts to promote safe storage of firearms. This information will empower the public and policymakers to better understand the problem, and then improve our laws to hold rogue gun dealers accountable. - Accelerate and intensify implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). Again and again, he has called for Congress to act, including by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring background checks for all gun sales, requiring safe storage of firearms, closing the dating violence restraining order loophole, and repealing gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability. President Biden is traveling to Monterey Park to grieve with the families and community impacted by the mass shooting that claimed 11 lives and injured nine others in January. - Address the loss or theft of firearms during shipping. The Executive Order will also keep more guns out of dangerous hands by increasing the effective use of “red flag” laws, strengthen efforts to hold the gun industry accountable, and accelerate law enforcement efforts to identify and apprehend the shooters menacing our communities. The President is also directing the Attorney General to develop and implement a plan to prevent former federally licensed firearms dealers, whose licenses have been revoked or surrendered, from continuing to engage in the business of dealing in firearms. When celebrating the Act’s passage, he called on Congress to seize the bipartisan momentum and advance additional commonsense steps to reduce gun violence.

The Democratic president plans to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California, said a senior White House ...

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce an executive order on Tuesday that reinforces background checks for gun buyers in what the White House is promoting ...

President Biden is signing a gun control executive order on Tuesday that the administration says will get the country “as close to universal background ...

[Brookings report](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2023/01/23/voters-want-congress-to-address-gun-violence-and-mass-shootings/). [drove young voters to the polls](https://marchforourlives.com/2022-poll/)in the 2022 midterms, ultimately helping Democratic candidates up and down the ticket. [said](https://www.axios.com/2022/06/25/biden-bipartisan-gun-safety-bill-law) at the time of signing it that "this bill doesn't do everything that I want." [executive order to address public safety](https://www.axios.com/2022/05/17/bidens-police-executive-order)after Congress failed to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. [the executive order](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23706787-guns-eo) while visiting Monterey Park, California, where a [mass shooting in January](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/22/monterey-park-mass-shooting-california) killed 11 and injured nine others. [Politics & Policy](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy)

Merrick Garland, the attorney general, tasked with moving the country 'as close to universal background checks as possible'

President Biden on Tuesday is expected to announce an executive order aimed at reducing gun violence, including increasing background checks, while visiting ...

The order will get the U.S. as close to universal background checks as possible without Congress, as well as other measures around red flag laws, ...

[FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-reduce-gun-violence-and-make-our-communities-safer/) (White House) [Over 100 Mass Shootings Have Hit U.S. look to the federal government to take more sweeping measures on gun control in light of the continued wave of mass shootings. surpassed [100 mass shootings](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/03/06/over-100-mass-shootings-have-hit-us-so-far-this-year-in-worst-start-to-year-in-decade/?sh=44d4ee432ea5) so far this year earlier in March, which is the earliest point in at least a decade that the number of annual mass shootings has hit triple digits. But a Pew Research [poll](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/07/11/broad-public-approval-of-new-gun-law-but-few-say-it-will-do-a-lot-to-stem-gun-violence/) found 63% of Americans still wanted Congress to do more on gun control after the bill was passed as many in the U.S. So Far This Year—In Worst Start To Year In Decade](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/03/06/over-100-mass-shootings-have-hit-us-so-far-this-year-in-worst-start-to-year-in-decade/?sh=44d4ee432ea5) (Forbes) [Support For Gun Control Laws Hits Record High, Poll Finds](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/06/15/support-for-gun-control-laws-hits-record-high-poll-finds/?sh=4c5d115262f2) (Forbes) [FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration’s 21 Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/11/fact-sheet-the-biden-administrations-21-executive-actions-to-reduce-gun-violence/) (White House) continues to face mass shootings and incidents of gun violence without Congress taking comprehensive action. While Biden’s measures Tuesday will aid progress, only Congress can impose many sweeping measures that gun control advocates have pushed for—such as an assault weapons ban, bans on high-capacity magazines and truly universal background checks—and the White House said Tuesday Biden was enacting the new executive order “as he continues to call on Congress to act.” The U.S. The [Bipartisan Safer Communities Act](https://www.murphy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/bipartisan_safer_communities_act_one_pager.pdf) increased funding for implementing risk protection orders, imposed a new review process for under-21s buying guns and created new federal offenses for trafficking and “straw purchasing” guns, among other measures. [actions](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/11/fact-sheet-the-biden-administrations-21-executive-actions-to-reduce-gun-violence/) the Biden Administration has taken on gun control, including measures to rein in “ghost guns,” new law enforcement strike forces targeting firearms trafficking and funding to prevent community violence. [executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-reduce-gun-violence-and-make-our-communities-safer/) on gun control Tuesday, taking steps to expand background checks and gun safety measures as the U.S. [according](https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/) to the Gun Violence Archive.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, ...

“President Biden’s executive order today is a home run for public safety,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. Biden will mandate that his Cabinet work on a plan to better structure the government to support communities suffering from gun violence, said the senior White House official who previewed the order. But local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to report ballistics data, and many do not, making the clearinghouse less effective. The Democratic president plans to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California, said a senior White House official, who discussed the order ahead of its signing on the condition of anonymity. [passed by Congress last summer](/article/biden-signs-gun-violence-bill-c21249287f976c2c164d8753205c2e6d), the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.

Biden will make the announcement from the site of a January shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., as his calls to have Congress pass additional gun control ...

The administration framed Tuesday’s announcement as a major step toward increasing the number of background checks on gun sales. That includes pending challenges to the ATF’s rules on pistol braces and bump stocks. “There are few policy ideas more popular among the American people than universal background checks, but Congress failed to act,” a senior administration official said.

Two months after a deadly California shooting, the president will unveil a plan to expand background checks without Congress.

And the action the president is proposing — to move closer to universal background checks — is just common sense.” The president will also take additional steps aimed at holding gun manufacturers accountable, including by encouraging the Federal Trade Commission to analyze and report how gun manufacturers market firearms to minors. Within 60 days, every agency involved in the legislation’s rollout will be required to send Biden a report outlining progress and additional steps needed to push the law forward. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed last summer updated federal law, requiring anyone who sells guns for profit to be licensed and conduct background checks on buyers. Biden’s latest gun policy rollout, which he will announce at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley, comes amid a deadly year. The White House said the move will get “the U.S.

Last year, President Biden signed into the law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant gun violence reduction legislation enacted in nearly ...

The President is directing the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement principles to further firearm and public safety practices through Department of Defense acquisition of firearms, consistent with applicable law. In recent years, we’ve seen the rise of technology that allows guns to be made with polymers and other materials that are increasingly capable of avoiding detection by metal detectors. - Improve federal support for gun violence survivors, victims and survivors’ families, first responders to gun violence, and communities affected by gun violence. In addition, President Biden is directing members of his Cabinet to expand existing federal campaigns and other efforts to promote safe storage of firearms. - Accelerate and intensify implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). This information will empower the public and policymakers to better understand the problem, and then improve our laws to hold rogue gun dealers accountable. The President is also directing the Attorney General to develop and implement a plan to prevent former federally licensed firearms dealers, whose licenses have been revoked or surrendered, from continuing to engage in the business of dealing in firearms. The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) allows federal, state, and local law enforcement to match fired cartridge casings to the guns from which they were fired, making it easier for law enforcement to connect multiple crime scenes and catch shooters. Again and again, he has called for Congress to act, including by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring background checks for all gun sales, requiring safe storage of firearms, closing the dating violence restraining order loophole, and repealing gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability. President Biden is traveling to Monterey Park to grieve with the families and community impacted by the mass shooting that claimed 11 lives and injured nine others in January. The Executive Order will also keep more guns out of dangerous hands by increasing the effective use of “red flag” laws, strengthen efforts to hold the gun industry accountable, and accelerate law enforcement efforts to identify and apprehend the shooters menacing our communities. When celebrating the Act’s passage, he called on Congress to seize the bipartisan momentum and advance additional commonsense steps to reduce gun violence.

President Biden is expected to sign an executive order aiming to increase background checks to buy guns and promote secure firearms storage.

But local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to report ballistics data, and many do not, making the clearinghouse less effective. Biden will mandate that his Cabinet work on a plan to better structure the government to support communities suffering from gun violence, said the senior White House official who previewed the order. But his power is limited to go beyond bipartisan legislation passed by Congress last summer, the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades. The Democratic President plans to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California, said a senior White House official, who discussed the order ahead of its signing on the condition of anonymity. Biden’s rhetoric has only grown stronger around guns — he routinely calls for banning so-called assault weapons in his speeches — and Democrats didn’t push such a vocal anti-gun platform even during the Obama administration, when Biden was Vice President. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.

Biden, who is visiting Southern California, is expected to sign an executive order aimed at increasing the number of background checks to buy guns.

In 2021, Biden directed his administration to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns, untraceable weapons that can be assembled from parts purchased online. Dianne Feinstein of California in leading the successful effort to ban assault weapons in 1994. The law expired in 2004 and has not been renewed. And I’m determined to once again ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” he said. Merrick Garland to ensure that licensed gun dealers are aware and conduct the required background checks before purchases, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters Monday, ahead of the announcement. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a landmark bill signed into law in June, requires federally licensed gun dealers to run background checks on buyers. While serving in the U.S. He will also encourage a federal government study that “analyzes and exposes how gun manufacturers aggressively market firearms to civilians, especially minors, including by using military imagery.” On Wednesday, he is expected to discuss efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs in Las Vegas. “Brandon saved lives and protected the community.” The group defines a mass shooting as an incident with four or more people injured or killed. Biden’s visit took place less than half a mile from a dance studio where 11 people were killed and nine wounded on the night of Jan.

The executive order seeks to ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control​ law enacted last summer.

"President Biden's executive order today is a home run for public safety," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. Those killings don't include shootings in which fewer than four people were killed — and gun violence is also rising nationwide. Biden is also mandating better reporting of ballistics data from federal law enforcement for a clearinghouse that allows federal, state and local law enforcement to match shell casings to guns. The plan calls on Attorney General Merrick Garland to shore up the rules for federally licensed gun dealers so they know they are required to do background checks as part of the license. And I'm determined once again to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines," the president said. [banning so-called assault weapons](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/assault-weapons-ban-biden-congress-monterey-park-half-moon-bay-shootings/) in his speeches — and Democrats didn't push such a vocal anti-gun platform even during the Obama administration, when Mr. Mr. The executive order directs the attorney general to increase background checks by cracking down on gun sellers who don't perform them when required, with the goal of "moving us as close as we can to universal background checks without new legislation," as Mr. The order also directs federal agencies to improve public awareness and promote the use of "red-flag" laws, and instructs the attorney general to release more information about federally licensed firearms dealers who violate the law. "I'm here with you today to act," he added, detailing gun violence legislation that he signed into law last year. [stormed a dance hall](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monterey-park-shooting-victims-identified/) in the community near Los Angeles and shot 20 people, killing 11, following a Lunar New Year celebration. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a

US President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks conducted before firearm sales.

Reaction to the executive order was largely positive on Tuesday. Signed in 19 states and the District of Columbia, these laws allow individuals to petition a court to temporarily confiscate guns from people with potentially violent or harmful behaviour. But legislation that requires criminal background checks for all guns sales has languished in the Senate with even some Democrats opposing it.

SAN DIEGO — (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, ...

“It’s time for the president and political leaders across the country to have an honest conversation with the American people and acknowledge there is no legislative fix that will permanently solve the issue of gun violence.” “The reality is that nothing in the president’s executive order today would have done anything to prevent the recent mass shootings in California, Michigan or elsewhere,” said Katie Pointer Baney who is the Managing Director of Government Affairs for the U.S. “President Biden’s executive order today is a home run for public safety,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. Biden said they represented a powerful vision of America: “Our diversity is the strength of this nation.” If the Federal Emergency Management Agency can respond to natural disasters to provide on-the-ground support, the government should be able to do the same for a mass shooting, he said. But local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to report ballistics data, and many do not, making the clearinghouse less effective. Those killings don't include shootings in which fewer than four people were killed — and gun violence is also rising nationwide. The bill passed last year, known as the Safer Communities Act, is viewed by gun control advocates as a good start but one that doesn't go far enough. And the president is asking the Federal Trade Commission to issue a public report analyzing how gun manufacturers market to minors and use military images to market to the general public. An adventurer ready for the next trip abroad. A devoted grandparent. He has been

An active shooter drill at Biola University in California is one of many simulations that continue to play out across America in this age of endless mass ...

“That’s going to be our standard of success.” “Few policy ideas are more popular among the American people than universal background checks, but Congress refuses to act,” said a senior administration official briefing reporters Monday. “The irony is not lost on law enforcement,” said Juliette Kayyem, CNN National Security Analyst, who advises policing agencies on active shooter training. An officer radios that the shooter has been “neutralized,” but the work of first responders is far from over. “If we don’t know what each other are doing when the time comes, it can become problematic.” CNN’s cameras were rolling as law enforcement recently descended upon Biola University near Los Angeles during the school’s spring break, turning the empty campus into a domestic war zone as they worked to hone their active shooter response skills. A senior officer soon announces over the public address system that the exercise is over. By air and ground, law enforcement agencies from the surrounding area begin arriving. “This move will mean fewer guns will be sold without background checks, and therefore fewer guns will end up in the hands of felons and domestic abusers.” Many in law enforcement have long been advocating for a ban on assault-style weapons, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, who say “the criminal use of semiautomatic assault weapons pose a grave risk to our officers and the communities they are sworn to protect.” [pleaded with lawmakers ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/police-organizations-gun-control/index.html)to take action, telling them: “We are out outgunned, we’re outmanned, we’re out-staffed, we do need responsible gun legislation.” [Guns in America: CNN’s Investigation into the impact and business of guns](https://www.cnn.com/specials/us/guns) “We do challenge our leaders at a national level to do more about guns, to do more about mental health,” said Luna, “so that we don’t have to do this over and over.”

President Joe Biden signed an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns.

But local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to report ballistics data, and many do not, making the clearinghouse less effective. “President Biden’s executive order today is a home run for public safety,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. The plan calls on Attorney General Merrick Garland to shore up the rules for federally licensed gun dealers so they know they are required to do background checks as part of the license. But the president's power is limited to go beyond bipartisan legislation passed by Congress last summer, the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades. He's also scheduled to meet with families of the victims and first responders from that day. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.

Executive order aiming to expand firearm background checks signed amid ongoing challenge of passing US gun control laws.

“I promise you, it will come.” They also contend many red flag laws trample on due process rights. “And I am determined, once again, “We remember and mourn today, but I’m here with you today to act,” said Biden. [pointed out](/news/2022/6/13/what-is-and-is-not-in-bipartisan-us-gun-control-proposal) that the legislation did little to substantially decrease firearms access in the US. [Timeline: US mass shootings in 2023](/news/2023/1/24/timeline-2023-mass-shootings-in-the-us?traffic_source=KeepReading) [What’s in US President Joe Biden’s bipartisan gun violence bill?](/news/2022/6/25/whats-in-us-president-joe-bidens-bipartisan-gun-violence-bill?traffic_source=KeepReading)

One mystery remains after the Endeavour finale – what did the scene in the churchyard signify?

There was some justice in the biker gang killing Lott, as Fred said in that pub, but the need for revenge for the deaths of Andrew and Brenda Lewis was still there, and Endeavour fired the gun in rage. In this scenario, Endeavour pulled the trigger in the churchyard as a final ending to this version of our man. Perhaps he went to All Angels to kill off the part of him still in desperate love with Joan and to start anew, knowing a future with her would never be his. Left behind by his father-figure Thursday, with his true love Joan lost to another, perhaps Endeavour went to the churchyard to end himself. That smile could be a clue to one interpretation of the Endeavour finale gunshot mystery. [Endeavour finale](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/endeavour-series-9-finale-review/) kept its feet on the ground and provided answers to long-held fan questions.

SAN DIEGO — (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote more ...

“It’s time for the president and political leaders across the country to have an honest conversation with the American people and acknowledge there is no legislative fix that will permanently solve the issue of gun violence.” “The reality is that nothing in the president’s executive order today would have done anything to prevent the recent mass shootings in California, Michigan or elsewhere,” said Katie Pointer Baney who is the Managing Director of Government Affairs for the U.S. “President Biden’s executive order today is a home run for public safety,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. But local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to report ballistics data, and many do not, making the clearinghouse less effective. The plan calls on Attorney General Merrick Garland to shore up the rules for federally licensed gun dealers so they know they are required to do background checks as part of the license. The two shook hands; Biden had invited Tsay to his State of the Union address in January where he praised the young man's heroism.

President Joe Biden will speak in Monterey Park, California, where a gunman killed 11 people and injured nine others at a ballroom dance studio after a ...

More than 8,300 Americans have died due to gun violence since the beginning of the year alone, the organization's data says. "It takes time but I promise you, I promise you, the day will come when the memory of your loved one brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. 21, a gunman killed 11 people and injured nine others at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park following a Lunar New Year celebration, marking the deadliest shooting in Los Angeles County's history. Biden's order will direct Justice Department officials to increase the use of background checks for gun buyers and promoting safe storage of firearms. It expanded gun purchase background checks on people ages 18 to 21, outlined incentives for states to pass red flag laws allowing individuals to petition courts to remove weapons from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others, and closed the so-called "boyfriend loophole," preventing domestic abusers from owning guns. The president's power to enact change is limited without Congress passing new gun laws.

US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that reinforces background checks for gun buyers, in what the White House is promoting as the ...

They also contend that many red flag laws trample on due process rights. The order also aims to strengthen federal support for red flag laws passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia that intend to stop gun sales to people legally deemed dangerous to themselves or others. - The order aims to strengthen federal support for red flag laws that aim to stop gun sales to people legally deemed dangerous

President Biden announced a handful of steps designed to improve enforcement of existing gun laws during a trip to Monterey Park, Calif., the site of a mass ...

He urged Mr. On Tuesday, Mr. He praised Mr. Sanchez, the mayor of Monterey Park, said he remains optimistic because he has constituents — and his own children — who need hope. Biden announced are seen as playing a role in preventing at least some of the mass shootings that would have occurred without them. Biden has hailed the gun legislation that passed last summer as one of the few examples of bipartisan cooperation. Biden’s expected re-election campaign, as he seeks to win the support of voters who believe the government should do more to limit gun violence. The visit, and the announcement of a new executive order, is Mr. “I don’t want in any way to offend the president,” Mr. Throughout that time, Mr. “It’s just common sense,” the president said during the event, which had the somber tone of a memorial to those who died. “Today, I’m announcing another executive order that will accelerate and intensify this work to save lives,” Mr.