By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, AAMER MADHANI and MICHAEL BALSAMO | ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 7, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday in Washington. Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence today.
He’ll also nominate David Chipman, a former federal agent and adviser at the gun control group Giffords, to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to senior Biden administration officials.
Biden has faced increasing pressure to act on gun control after a spate of mass shootings across the U.S. in recent weeks, but the White House has repeatedly emphasized the need for legislative action on guns. While the House passed a background-check bill last month, gun control measures face slim prospects in an evenly-divided Senate, where Republicans remain near-unified against most proposals.