US President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on Tuesday to enhance gun background checks, improve weapons safekeeping, and guarantee US law enforcement organizations are maximizing bipartisan legislation on gun control passed last summer.
A senior White House source, who requested anonymity, said the Democratic president would announce his new gun control measures during his address at Monterey Park, California, where a shooter massacred 11 people in January, according to CBS.
The executive order on gun control intends to take the US "as close to universal background checks" as necessary without further legislation."
President Joe Biden has consistently urged Congress to take more action to address the "epidemic" of gun violence, declaring it a national emergency last year and signing a bipartisan bill to reduce gun violence into law.
The Republican-controlled US House is not expected to go in the direction of his demands for gun control, comprehensive background checks on gun purchases, and the elimination of the gun makers' immunity from punishment.
Joe Biden Pushes for Stricter Gun Control Measures
Strengthening background checks is the first step in a series of measures that Biden's executive order, which the US president may implement without Congress, sets out, per the BBC.
Universal background checks, which require gun buyers' information to be processed through an FBI database before a transaction, are considered crucial to eliminating legal gaps that enable unlawful sales.
The stance of President Joe Biden on gun control has only become stronger over time; in his speeches, he often calls for outlawing assault weapons. Democrats didn't have such a vociferous anti-gun program even while Joe Biden served as vice president under President Obama, per Fox Los Angeles. Yet Biden has been empowered by the elections after his constant discussion of gun control didn't result in major losses, and his advisers believe he'll continue to advocate for substantial measures as he moves toward a 2024 bid for the presidency.
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