Following the shooting in Colorado White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that President Biden would be looking for an executive option on gun control, likely an executive order. The following remarks were made by Psaki during a press conference on Tuesday:
“We are considering a range of levers, including working through legislation, including executive action… That has been under discussion and will continue to be under discussion.”
Biden has previously made remarks on pushing for gun control but did not mention executive action being an option, at the time Biden urged the senate to pass the gun reforms that had passed in the house already.
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He didn’t mention potential executive action but implored the Senate to pass a series of House bills that would close loopholes in background checks. He also urged Congress to ban “assault weapons.”
“I got that done as a senator. It brought down mass shootings, we can do it again,” Biden said during remarks at the White House. “We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again.”
“These are bills that received votes with both Republicans and Democrats in the House. This is not and should not be a partisan issue. This is an American issue that will save lives, American lives. And we have to act. We should also ban assault weapons in the process,” Biden said.
The House passed two bills this month to tighten gun control, one that would give authorities 10 business days instead of three to complete a background check before a gun sale. Under current law, gun sales can proceed if a background check takes longer than three days, what’s known as the “Charleston Loophole.” That bill passed 219-210 with only two Republicans supporting it.
This has not been enough for the gun control crowd, many are looking for the White House to redefine what is a gun as to tackle so-called ‘Ghost Guns’. Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb said that the most likely course of action for the Biden administration is to tackle imported firearms and ammunition through the ATF(Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, and Firearms).
