John, this morning, we were at the White House to witness a historic moment for our movement: President Joe Biden is taking executive action to end our country's gun violence crisis.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris ran on the strongest gun safety platform ever, and today, they took an important step in putting that platform into action to help save lives.
President Biden announced his administration will take the following actions:
- Direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to propose a regulation, within 30 days, to stop the proliferation of deadly, untraceable ghost guns
- Modify multiple federal grant programs to increase available funding for community violence intervention programs
- Publish a model extreme risk protection order (ERPO) law within 60 days
- Direct DOJ to issue a new, comprehensive annual report on firearms trafficking
- Direct DOJ to propose a regulation ensuring the stabilizing arm braces that circumvent the law on dangerous short-barrel rifles are subject to the National Firearms Act
- Nominate David Chipman, a former special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and leading gun safety expert, to be the director of the ATF
And all of that great news comes on top of President Biden already proposing $5 billion in funding to support community violence prevention programs over the course of eight years as part of the President's American Jobs Plan.
John, today's announcement shows that when we elect gun sense champions, we get the actions we demand. Join us today in keeping up the momentum to make sure the U.S. Senate now does its part to end gun violence: Tell your senators to take action on background checks now.
Thank you for helping make victories like this one possible, and thank you for being a part of this movement.
John Feinblatt and Angela Ferrell-Zabala
President and Head of Movement Building
Everytown for Gun Safety
