There is no way Congress will pass gun control legislation…
Stung by the latest mass shootings and the Capitol Police deaths ?
It appear the President will try to do a few things thru executive actions, which can be challenged in the courts of course and changed with a different President in the White House ….
His first action is to choose an ex-Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent to lead that agency that is FOR Gun Control….
We’ll see if the guy can even get confirmed….
Biden efforts will probably not be too successful in country that has gun ownership as part of its culture…And quickly forgets mass shooting incidents…
The politics of gun control are toxic for Democrats in states that have high gun ownership…
“We know that Americans are dying from gun violence every single day in this country,” a senior administration official, briefing reporters on the condition of anonymity, said Wednesday. “That’s why we are pursuing an agenda that will address not only mass shootings, but also community violence disproportionately affecting Black and Brown Americans, domestic violence and suicide by firearm.”…
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The ATF director role has often become embroiled in politics, and it is not clear if Chipman can be confirmed in an evenly divided Senate given his record of advocating for tougher gun laws. The last permanent director of the bureau was B. Todd Jones, who was confirmed in 2013 under the Obama administration and left the post in 2015….
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Any change to current gun regulations is likely to be challenged in court by gun rights groups. One such lawsuit resulted recently in a federal appeals court rejecting a Trump administration rule changedesigned to ban bump stocks, attachments to semiautomatic rifles that make the weapons fire much more quickly, similar to fully automatic weapons.
What in the world do the recent Capitol Hill Police deaths have to do with guns?
Only here, do you get that kind of perspective and knowledge. Q would be proud.
Violence in General CG….
Biden worked in the Capitol….
Get it?
No, you are not making any sense whatsoever.
The horrific deaths of the Capitol Hill police officers in 2021 were caused by (possibly bear spray) and by an automobile.
This has no relevance to anything Biden may try to do via Executive Order on guns (which of course you previously said he would never try.)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday it has taken steps to reduce gun violence by tackling the use of stabilizing devices that convert pistols into rifles and by publishing model legislation on red flag laws.
The steps follow up on President Biden’s executive actions in April, which gave DOJ 60 days to act on both issues.
“Today the Department of Justice announced two new steps to stem the epidemic of gun violence in our country, following through on the president and attorney general’s announcement in April of a set of initial actions,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday….
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