A weekend mass shooting in California renewed President JoeBiden's efforts to enact 'commonsense' gun control measures despite Congress repeatedly knocking down legislation he supported.
A weekend mass shooting in California renewed President Joe Biden's efforts to enact"commonsense" gun control measures despite Congress repeatedly knocking down legislation he supported.
Biden, reiterating statements made in the past, called on the country to"do more than mourn," and he yet again called on Congress to pass legislation banning ghost guns, requiring background checks for all gun sales, banning"assault weapons" and high-capacity magazines, and rolling back immunity for gun manufacturers.
The president has used some executive authority to address gun violence. In 2021, he directed the Justice Department to stand up five special task forces in metropolitan areas across the country to track illegal sales and transfers of firearms and get them off the street where possible. However, meaningful change would likely require congressional intervention.
"It shouldn't need to take another senseless act of violence to force lawmakers to take action," one Democratic official said of Sunday's shooting in Sacramento."Atlanta. Indianapolis. Boulder. This is a national epidemic that doesn't impact either party any more than the other. Congress must act, and they must act now."
Still, Biden's gun violence campaign could receive a huge boost from one of the Democrats' top messengers on Tuesday when former President Barack Obama returns to the White House for the first time since January 2017.
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