The American President, Joe Bidenwill announce this Tuesday new shares with which it expects toughen access to firearms in the country, and will do so in one of the communities recently affected by a mass shooting.
Biden will visit the city of Monterey Park (California), where a shooting killed 11 people last January, to extend his condolences to the community.
There he plans to give a speech on the control of firearms and will explain the measures he wants to promote.
Among them is that of instruct United States Attorney General Merrick Garlandwhich adjusts the current legal definition of companies that sell guns to better comply with the law that requires them to check criminal records of any potential buyer.
“This measure means that fewer guns will be sold without a criminal record check and therefore, there will be less of them ending up in the hands of criminals and abusers,” said a White House official who anticipated the actions in a call with the media.
In turn, it will announce that the Government is going to launch information campaigns on the so-called “danger alert (Red Flag)”which allow the activation of a legal procedure to confiscate firearms of those who represent a danger to third parties or to themselves.
“19 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws of this type (…) but they are not effective if the public does not know when and how to use them,” added the official.
Regarding manufacturers, Biden will ask the Federal Trade Commission to prepare a report on how these companies promote the use of firearms among minors, the White House said.
June will mark one year since Congress approved a limited but historic legislative agreement for the control of firearms.
The bill included a review of the purchasing process for those under 21 and included incentives for states that pass so-called “danger alert” laws.
However, this type of restriction has met with opposition from some members of the Republican Partywho have argued that it violates constitutional rights.
On January 21, a man killed eleven people in the city of Monterey Park, 15 kilometers from Los Angeles, and committed suicide shortly after when he was cornered by the police.
(With information from EFE)
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