President Joe Biden announces limited measures to tackle gun violence in the US

US President Joe Biden and his Attorney General Merrick Garland have announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States. The White House today described it as a first step to curb mass shootings, community bloodshed and suicides.

 

The new measures include plans for the Justice Department to crack down on self-assembled “ghost guns” and make “stabilizing braces” - which effectively turn pistols



into rifles - subject to registration under the National Firearms Act.

 

Mr Biden also outlined more ambitious goals that he needs the support of Congress to accomplish, including reintroducing a ban on assault weapons, lifting an exemption on lawsuits against gun manufacturers. The executive orders unveiled are not legislative. The White House promised that more action was coming.