By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, AAMER MADHANI and MICHAEL BALSAMO | ASSOCIATED PRESS
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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, whe
by Allan Lengel David Chipman David Chipman, a native of Oakland County who served as an agent in Detroit for part of his 25 year career with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), is expected to be nominated by President Joe Biden to head the agency. The New York Times, citing two unnamed sources, reported Wednesday on the nomination of Chipman, who is pro-gun control and works as a senior policy advisor for the Washington-based organization, Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The group was founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was shot and wounded in 2011, and her husband Mark Kelly, a former astrounaut, who was elected in Arizona in November to the U.S. Senate. The organization says its mission is to advocate for sensible gun laws, policies and ways to make communities safer.
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President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington.
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Giffords Law Center Senior Policy Advisor David Chipman speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on assault weapons on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence on Thursday, delivering his first major action on gun control since taking office.
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 making new moves on guns, including naming ATF boss
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1of5FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo Giffords Law Center Senior Policy Advisor David Chipman speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on assault weapons on Capitol Hill in Washington. (The Biden administration is expected to nominate 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. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Andrew Harnik/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Washington.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less
Biden is tightening regulations requiring buyers of “ghost guns” to undergo background checks. The homemade firearms usually assembled from parts and milled with a metal-cutting machine often lack serial numbers used to trace them. It’s legal to build a gun in a home or a workshop and there is no federal requirement for a background check.
The Justice Department will issue a proposed rule aimed at reining in ghost guns within 30 days, though details weren t immediately issued.
A second proposed rule, expected within 60 days, will tighten regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces, like the one used by the Boulder, Colorado, shooter in a rampage last month that left 10 dead. The rule will designate pistols used with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles, which require a federal license to own and are subject to a more thorough application process and a $200 tax.