This prototype edition of theĭaily Federal Register on will remain an unofficial Each document posted on the site includes a link to theĬorresponding official PDF file on. The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Conference of Catholic Bishops, which encouraged Congress "to continue working to confront the plague of gun violence in our nation.This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the dailyįederal Register. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was praised by the U.S. In his remarks in Monterey Park, Biden called that bill "the most significant gun safety law in almost 30 years." That legislation did not go as far as the president has called for, but he praised it as a bipartisan achievement when he signed it. That bill, a product of long-sought bipartisan compromise on gun violence, came in the wake of a mass shooting at ?Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead the previous month. In June, Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a narrow gun safety bill into law that expanded the background check system for prospective gun buyers under 21 years old, closed a provision known as the "boyfriend loophole," banning domestic abusers from purchasing firearms regardless of their marital status, and invested in mental health resources. "I just - it's just common sense to check whether someone is a felon, a domestic abuser, before they buy a gun," he added. "In the meantime, my executive order directs my Attorney General to take every lawful action possible to move us as close as we can to universal background checks without new legislation." "I continue to call on Congress to require background checks for all firearm sales," Biden said. The White House argued that ensuring all lawful background checks take place on prospective buyers will bring the nation as close to universal background checks as possible without the passage of new legislation.īiden has called for universal background checks, but such proposals face unlikely odds in a divided Congress, where Republicans hold a narrow House majority. "Vibrant dances and music replaced by vigils and memorials. "A holiday of hope and possibilities marked by horror and pain," he said. Biden said the massacre "turned into a day of fear and darkness." 21 shooting at a dance studio on the eve of the Lunar New Year left 11 dead. In remarks announcing the order during a visit to the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley in Monterey Park, California, a community where a Jan. "In the meantime, my Administration will continue to do all that we can, within existing authority, to make our communities safer." "I continue to call on the Congress to take additional action to reduce gun violence, including by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring background checks for all gun sales, requiring safe storage of firearms, funding my comprehensive Safer America Plan, and expanding community violence intervention and prevention strategies," Biden, a Catholic Democrat, said in the order. The executive order, released the same day by the White House, does not change existing laws, but rather directs federal agencies to ensure compliance with those laws. President Joe Biden announced March 14 he would sign an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks on prospective gun buyers, as well as measures to promote red flag laws and the secure storage of firearms.
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