POLITICS: Today, in Washington, US President Joe Biden responds to the multiple shootings that occurred in the last 72 hours. The first shooting at Lakewood Church, Houston injuring 2 and killing the shooter.. The 2nd, on Tuesday during the celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Biel Sunday victory rally that injured one dozen people and left one person dead. Today , Biden says, "red flag" laws are seriously necessary go bring under control the ongoing, blatant abuses that have transpire more recently between 2017 and 2021.
By Michelle Crawford-Sapenter.
In the last months of efforts made by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the administration's plans have continued to significantly address the problems in the United States associated with gun violence. Following mass shootings that have occurred on the grounds of US schools, at shopping centers at churches and recreational sites, the Biden- Harris administration developed the National Office of Gun Biolence Prevention.
Last week, Bice President Harris met with a number of leaders in the nation and other Ehite Housebofguvisls who joined together to discuss the type of strategy planned for ensuring that gun violence is brought under control.
This week, the evidence of the urgent need for establishing guidelines prevails. President Biden's Executive Order does not simply respond to the most recent shootings in the U.S., but, also, addresses the matter of prevention in the future.
In keeping with the Predident's Executive Order, the Biden plan is meant to enforce the increase and improvement of background checks, increase accountability of gun makers and provide assistance to communities like Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, Houston"s Lakewood Church and Kansas City, Missouri, to name only a few mass shootings that have transpired in the last 2 years .
Today, the President has taken the initiative to address the matter associated with unsafe storage of fire arms. Research conducted by the Biden-Harris administrations reveals that 4..6 million children in the US live in household that do not practice safe gun storage. Tge Predident's Exevutive Irder will aid in preventing the major cause of children related shootings that have included school shootings, accident shooting desths, suicide sand theft of fire arms.
The departments of Justice and US Education eilm John in the initiative, school officials sending informational memos throughout school districts in the US and law enforcement agencies will offer guidelines on safety and storage whike providing safer storage practices .
ThecExecuyive Order also provides for prevention school dhooting, enhanced law enforcement tools, youth suicide prevention and addresses stolen firearms situations.
Biden's Executive Order increases background checks while instructing the Federal Trade Commission in addressing the manner by which the gun industry plans marketing and sales of fire arms to minors
Finally, the federal government will work directly with the () department to develop a plan that addresses efforts at providing assistance to Americans who have encountered an act of gun violence--victims, survivors and families will be benefitted by the initiative.
The Biden- Harris administration has effectively moved forward an Execuyive Order that addresses tge full spectrum of serious concerns involving gun violence in America. Along with the National Office of Gun Violence Prevention, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, the President's Executive Irder U.S. expected to establish the added essentisl steps that must be taken to bring gun violence to an end in the U.S.
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