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Biden said he is directing the justice department to tighten regulations on sales of so-called âghost gunsâ, which are untraceable firearms assembled from kits.
Other executive actions include a state-level push of âred-flag lawsâ that allow courts and local law enforcement to remove guns from people deemed a risk to communities.
On Thursday Biden was joined in the sunshine of the White House Rose Garden by Kamala Harris, the vice-president, Merrick Garland, the attorney general, as well as members of Congress steeped in the issue.
âGun violence in this country is an epidemic and itâs an international embarrassment,â said Biden, pointing out that on Wednesday five people were killed â including young children â in a shooting at a home near Rock Hill in South Carolina.
Biden infrastructure plan includes $5 billion to prevent gun violence
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Posted Apr 01, 2021
Madeline Pollock, left, 14, and Lena Brockway, 15, hold signs as thousands gather in Union Park for the March for our Lives protest in Chicago on Saturday March 24, 2018. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS)TNS
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Advocates and veterans of local gun violence prevention programs see a great victory in the $5 billion included in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal and plan to make sure Congress sees the value in what would be a historic expansion of funding for their work.
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