President Joe Biden will announce a sweeping executive order that will increase the number of background checks on gun buyers and crack down on firearms dealers during a visit to the site of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Tuesday. .
Biden wants to get the United States “as close as possible to universal background checks” without going through Congress when he presents the plan in the city where 11 people were shot to death on January 21.
Gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire inside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio as thousands of people poured into the streets to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The president will also take steps to ensure that firearms dealers whose licenses are revoked cannot continue to sell guns, and will ask the Federal Trade Commission to issue a report on how gun manufacturers market to children. .
It’s the latest move for Biden to use his executive power to address gun violence without having to pass legislation.
President Joe Biden will announce a sweeping executive order that will increase the number of background checks on gun buyers and crack down on firearms dealers during a visit to the site of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Tuesday. .
The executive order also directs members of Biden’s Cabinet to focus on increasing public awareness of red flag laws and safe gun storage and addressing the loss and theft of firearms.
He raised calls for an assault weapons ban, universal background checks on gun buyers and revoking gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability.
The White House said the order would also hold the gun industry accountable by providing the public and lawmakers with “more information about federally licensed firearms dealers who are breaking the law.”
To expand the number of background checks, Biden will order Attorney General Merrick Garland to make sure all gun dealers comply.
Those who are not violating the laws or intentionally violate them will be targeted.
“This measure would mean that fewer guns will be sold without background checks, and therefore fewer guns end up in the hands of criminals and domestic abusers,” the White House said in a statement.
Last year he signed a bill that meant juvenile mental health records would be considered for gun buyers under the age of 21.
It followed the murders last year of 10 shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store and 19 students. at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
But Biden believes he still needs to do more to crack down on gun violence.
“Gun violence has claimed far too many lives,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. But he believes we have to do more. He will hear you ask Congress to take action and don’t stop…that we must continue
Biden Brandon Tsay guestthe 26-year-old who seized the semi-automatic pistol from the gunman in Monterey Park, at his State of the Union address and praised the young man’s heroism.
He saved lives. It’s time we do the same, too,’ Biden said in his speech to Congress. ‘Ban assault weapons once and for all.
Montery Park gunman Huu Can Tran, pictured, was kicked out of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, where he killed 11 people, and the nearby Lai Lai club, where he was disarmed.
The 11 victims of the horrific mass shooting in Monterey Park that occurred in the midst of Lunar New Year celebrations are: My Nhan, 65, Lilian Li, 63, Xiujuan Yu, 57, Muoi Ung, 67, Hong Jian, 62, Diana Tom , 70 , Yu Kao, 72, Chia Yau, 76, Valentino Alvero, 68, Wen Yu, 64 and Ming Ma, 72,
The shooting at the Star Ballroom was the nation’s fifth mass murder this month and the deadliest attack since May 24, when 21 people were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Detectives recovered three firearms from Tran, including a Cobray CM11-9 model, pictured, purchased in 1999 identified as the murder weapon.
A Hemet is a Savage Arms .308 caliber bolt-action rifle was found at Tran’s residence.
