An executive order to reduce gun violence is anticipated to be announced by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The country has had a string of high-profile shootings in the first few months of the year.
The community of Monterey Park, California, which is still in grief for the 11 individuals who were killed and nine others who were injured after a shooter opened fire at a dance studio during Lunar New Year celebrations on January 21, according to a statement from the White House early on Tuesday.
By requiring them to be done, the executive order aims to raise the number of background checks undertaken prior to the sale of firearms, bringing the country “as near to universal background checks as possible without new legislation.”As one of many mass shootings that have affected the United States this year, Biden will visit Monterey Park to meet with the families and communities affected. Democrats and gun-control advocates are calling for stricter laws to prevent guns from falling into the hands of would-be killers.
Days after the shooting, Vice President Kamal Harris, a former California senator, went to the 60,000-person city outside of Los Angeles and urged Congress to enact “sensible gun safety regulations.”
“Can they take action? Yeah, she replied. “Should they take action. Yes. Will they take action? That is where each of us ought to speak up and let our elected officials know what we are entitled to demand of them.According to the White House, the president is also encouraging the Federal Trade Commission to produce a report analyzing how gun manufacturers market firearms to minors and other such marketing practices employed by the industry.
Biden has repeatedly called for gun law reform and campaigned on ushering in such measures, including regulating possession of existing assault weapons and closing loopholes in the federal background check system.
In June, he signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which has been described as the most significant bill directed at curbing gun violence to be enacted in some three decades.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 85 mass shootings so far this year, including 17 in the first two weeks of March.
