Amid pressure to take more action against the growing violence in the country, the president will establish regulation of so-called “ghost guns,” which don’t have a serial number because they’re made from previously purchased parts, the media said.
The provision would also require manufacturers who sell the parts to assemble the guns to obtain a license and conduct background checks on buyers.
Another of the announced changes would be the appointment of Steve Dettelbach, a former Ohio prosecutor, as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives following the appointment of the previous candidate for the position, according to the source. David Chipman.
Senate Democratic Chairman Charles Schumer on Sunday implored the administration to act faster to curb the spread of deadly devices before more people are injured or worse.
Ghost weapons are too easy to build, too difficult to track and too dangerous to ignore, lawmakers said in a statement.
Statistics from the Justice Department show that law enforcement recovered nearly 24,000 of these assembled devices from crime scenes between 2016 and 2020, but it’s impossible to count how many are on the streets today.
Last week, after a mass shooting that killed six in the city of Sacramento, California, Biden pledged he would take action to prevent these types of crimes, of which more than 127 have been recorded in the country this year, according to the gun organization Violence Archives.
The White House chief has been criticized for making short-sighted decisions in the face of what he himself called “the epidemic that is bleeding the country,” and action expected today could be aimed at damaging his image and that of his Democratic Party to improve in the face of midterm elections in November.
According to a study published in the journal Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, there are more deaths from guns than car accidents in the United States.
Groups defending the carrying of such devices, such as the powerful National Rifle Association, oppose any action by legislators to limit and control them.
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