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Published Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:05PM EDT WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment” of gun violence in America. But he said much more is needed. And for Biden, who proposed the most ambitious gun-control agenda of any modern presidential candidate, his limited moves underscored his limited power to act alone on guns with difficult politics impeding legislative action on Capitol Hill. Biden s new steps include a move to crack down on “ghost guns,” homemade firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often purchased without a background check. He s also moving to tighten regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces like the one used in Boulder, Colorado, in a shooting last month that left 10 dead.
Biden announces executive orders to combat gun violence; calls it epidemic
By Greg Lee , ALEXANDRA JAFFE and AAMER MADHANI and MICHAEL BALSAMO
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an epidemic and an international embarrassment of gun violence in America.
But he said much more is needed. And for Biden, who proposed the most ambitious gun-control agenda of any modern presidential candidate, his limited moves underscored his limited power to act alone on guns with difficult politics impeding legislative action on Capitol Hill.
Posted : 2021-04-09 10:01
Updated : 2021-04-09 10:01
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 8, in Washington. AP
President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an epidemic and an international embarrassment of gun violence in America.
But he said much more is needed. And for Biden, who proposed the most ambitious gun-control agenda of any modern presidential candidate, his limited moves underscored his limited power to act alone on guns with difficult politics impeding legislative action on Capitol Hill.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment” of gun violence in America.
But he said much more is needed. And for Biden, who proposed the most ambitious gun-control agenda of any modern presidential candidate, his limited moves underscored his limited power to act alone on guns with difficult politics impeding legislative action on Capitol Hill.
Biden’s new steps include a move to crack down on “ghost guns,” homemade firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often purchased without a background check. He’s also moving to tighten regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces like the one used in Boulder, Colorado, in a shooting last month that left 10 dead.