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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday announced executive actions to curb gun violence, and he pledged to push for sweeping change to the country’s firearms laws - his first substantive response to a pair of mass shootings last month that left 18 dead. “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it’s an international embarrassment,” Biden said in the White House Rose Garden. “The idea that we have so many people dying every single day from gun violence in America is a blemish on our character as nation.” The president unveiled new rules on “ghost guns” - firearms that are assembled at home, which lack serial numbers and are harder to track - among other moves designed to make it harder for unqualified people to obtain dangerous weapons.
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Amid Rising Gun Violence, Biden to Unveil First Executive Actions to Curb Shootings Time 1 hr ago Melissa Chan © Astrid Riecken The Washington Post/Getty Images Ghost guns that were secured by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department are on display during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2020.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce his first raft of executive actions to curb gun violence, including plans to stop the spread of homemade, untraceable firearms known as ghost guns and to tap a prominent gun safety advocate to head the federal agency that regulates the firearm industry, according to senior administration officials.
Joe Biden announces first steps to curb ‘epidemic’ of US gun violence David Smith in Washington © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Yuri Gripas/EPA
Joe Biden, under pressure to act after a slew of mass shootings, has announced his first steps to curb the “epidemic” and “international embarrassment” of gun violence in America.
The president has prioritised the coronavirus pandemic and economic recovery during the first two and half months of his presidency. But a series of recent shooting tragedies in Georgia, Colorado and California led to renewed calls for urgent action on guns. © Photograph: Yuri Gripas/EPA Joe Biden speaks as Kamala Harris listens in the Rose Garden of the White House on 8 April.