Biden’s Nominee for Attorney General Merrick Garland has come forward to say that there is legal room for more gun control.
Many will remember Merrick Garland for his appointment to the Supreme Court that fell through toward the tail end of the Obama administration, at the time he was hailed as a moderate by Democrats.
From The New York Post:
President Biden’s nominee for attorney general Merrick Garland on Monday said there’s legal room for new federal gun control and he wouldn’t rule out policies that ban certain types of guns.
Garland, a federal appeals court judge, told senators at his confirmation hearing that Biden supports new limits and that his job would be to pursue them.
“As I’m sure you know, the president is a strong supporter of gun control and has been an advocate all of his life, professional life, on this question. The role of the Justice Department is to advance the policy program of the administration as long as it is consistent with the law,” Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“And as I said, so far we have a little indication from the Supreme Court as to what this means. But we don’t have a complete indication. And where there is room under the law for the president’s policies to be pursued, then I think the president is entitled to pursue them.”
Biden’s administration is preparing gun control measures that are to be introduced some time in the near future. These proposals will come with the help of gun control advocacy groups that have recently met with the administration.
