Biden plans new steps to combat U.S. gun violence as violent crime climbs
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Biden plans new steps to combat U.S. gun violence as violent crime climbs
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President Joe Biden plans to unveil new steps to curtail U.S. gun violence on Wednesday, including measures aimed at stemming the flow of firearms used in crimes, after pledging to push for sweeping changes to firearms laws.
The actions will build on executive orders signed in April, when Biden asked the Justice Department to crack down on self-assembled "ghost guns," senior administration officials said.
Executive orders allow the president to act without waiting on Congress, where Democrats hold only a razor-thin majority and Republicans generally oppose new limits on firearms. Gun rights, which are protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, are one of thorniest issues in American politics.
Biden also plans new steps to hold rogue firearms dealers accountable for violating federal laws, help states employ more police officers using funds approved earlier this year to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and strengthen efforts by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to stop illegal gun trafficking across states.
Homicides rose 30%, and gun assaults rose 8% in large cities in 2020, the White House said, citing a report by the Council on Criminal Justice, a non-partisan research group.
The "precipitous rise in homicides coincided with the emergence of mass protests after George Floyd was killed in late May by a police officer in Minneapolis," the report notes, adding "no simple connection exists between police violence, protests against such violence, and community violence."
Credit to: https://www.reuters.com/
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