Biden issues executive order aimed at reducing gun violence: “It’s common sense”
Washington — President Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer. The Democratic president discussed his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California. In January, a gunman stormed a dance hall in the community near Los Angeles and shot 20 people, killing 11, following a Lunar New Year celebration. The president called the shooting "a tragedy that has pierced the soul of this nation.""I'm here on behalf of the American people to mourn with you, to pray with you, to let you now you are loved and not alone," he told th...
