He is also mandating better reporting of ballistics data from federal law enforcement for a clearinghouse that allows federal, state and local law enforcement to match shell casings to guns. He is directing Attorney General Merrick Garland to shore up rules for federally licensed gun dealers so they know they are required to do background checks as part of their licenses. More mental health support for grief and trauma, financial aid for victims and for businesses forced to close during a lengthy police investigations. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency can respond to natural disasters to provide on-the-ground support, the government should be able to do the same for a mass shooting, he said. His order on Tuesday directs the Cabinet to complete a plan to better structure the government to support communities suffering from gun violence. Biden said they represented a powerful vision of America: “Our diversity is the strength of this nation.” The victims in Monterey Park, where 20 were shot after Lunar New Year celebrations, were older Asian Americans, mostly in their 60s and 70s. A devoted grandparent.īiden, whose own familiarity with grief is well known - his small daughter and wife were killed in a car crash in the 1970s and later his adult son died of cancer - touched on the everyday things he said hurt so much after the initial shock is gone the way a closet still smells like a loved one, the sound of a laugh, the bend of a smile. An adventurer ready for the next trip abroad. Using emotion to press Congress to act, he detailied the lives of Monterey Park victims: A dancehall manager who walked patrons to their cars after lessons. “Let’s be clear, none of this absolves Congress from the responsibility of acting to pass universal background checks, to eliminate gun manufacturers immunity to liability,' Biden said.

Rather, it directs federal agencies to ensure compliance with existing laws and procedures - a typical feature of executive orders issued by presidents when they confront the limits of their own power to act without cooperation from Congress. His action on Tuesday does not change government policy. But Biden has only limited power to go beyond that legislation that was passed after the killings of 10 shoppers at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store and 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.

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