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US President Joe Biden announced a regulatory measure on the 8th (local time), defining gun violence as an “epidemic”.
President Biden gave a speech to prevent gun violence at the White House’s Rose Garden, calling the recent shootings in the United States a “crisis for public health,” and urged, “This is a pandemic. It should be stopped.” Reported.
He said that he would strictly crack down on so-called’ghost guns’ that consumers buy parts and manufacture by hand. Ghost guns are not only excluded from regulations such as ready-made products, but also difficult to track when used in crime because they do not have a unique number.
It also revealed a regulatory policy that targets registration in accordance with the National Firearms Act on stabilization aids that easily convert pistols to rifles. In addition, President Biden said, “Aggression weapons and high-capacity magazines should be banned,” and demanded a ban on private possession of military weapons and large ammunition clips.
In addition, the Federal Liquor, Cigarettes, Firearms and Explosives Enforcement Agency (ATF) was asked to submit an annual report on illegal gun trafficking in the United States. In addition, it made it easier for each state to adopt the’Red Flag Law’, which prohibits the possession of firearms only for dangerous persons.
In particular, he said removing the protection of gun manufacturers from legal liability would be at the top of legislative priorities for gun control. “Imagine how different it would have been if a cigarette maker had been given such an exemption,” he said, saying that gun makers are “the only industry with a billion dollars that cannot be accused in the United States.”
He stressed that such measures to strengthen firearms control do not violate Article 2 of the Amendment, which covers freedom of possession of firearms.
Vice President Camela Harris and Justice Minister Merrick Garland also attended the speech.
Secretary Garland discussed measures such as taking measures to counter illegal firearms trade, bridged loopholes in the regulation of ghost guns, legal restrictions on the addition of pistol aids, timely laws, and $1 billion funding to the community to combat gun violence.
“We are going through more tragedies than we can tolerate,” said Vice President Harris. “People want action from both parties. All that remains is the courage and will to act.”
The White House announced the announcement as the first step by the Biden government to curb the bloodshed, suicide, and shootings of multiple people in the community.
President Biden has been advocating gun control since his time as a senator, and has been under pressure to take action after gun disasters in Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado, since his inauguration.
However, Reuters pointed out that the administrative measures released on the day did not meet President Biden’s vows for the presidential election and were not legislated.
During the presidential election, President Biden pledged to ban online sales and prohibit sales of high-performance firearms, including strengthening background checks for gun buyers.
The US government and Democrats are pushing for gun control, but Republicans and gun companies are opposing it with constitutional rights.
The House of Representatives passed two bills last month to strengthen gun buyer background checks, but they are pending in the Senate. The White House said President Biden would urge Congress to take more aggressive action.
Reuters said, “The United States has suffered a number of fatal gun disasters in public places such as schools for decades, but gun control is a divisive issue in the United States.”
Meanwhile, President Biden has announced that he will nominate David Chipman as the director of the Federal Liquor, Cigarettes, Firearms and Explosives Control (ATF), which is vacant after 2015. Chipman has worked for ATF for 25 years and has worked for gun control organizations after retirement. The ATF Director needs Senate approval.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]
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