During President Biden’s first year in office, the Biden-Harris Administration has made more progress on executive actions to reduce gun violence than any other Administration has in its first year. The President is using the tools at his disposal to address the epidemic of gun violence that our country has faced for far too long – including stepped up law enforcement efforts, cracking down on ghost guns, and directing historic levels of funding to put more cops on the beat for community-oriented policing and expanding community violence interventions (CVI) – neighborhood-based programs proven to combat gun violence. While the President is using his existing authority to deliver meaningful action on gun violence, he continues to insist that Congress must act, and for Republicans in the Senate to stop blocking commonsense legislation to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and weapons of war off our streets.
Since taking office, President Biden has announced three packages of executive actions – an initial set of actions during a Rose Garden address in April, a comprehensive gun crime reduction strategy, and steps to promote safe storage of firearms. These executive actions represent a whole-of-government approach, mobilizing the Departments of Justice, Veterans Affairs, Defense, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Labor, Homeland Security, Education, and Housing and Urban Development toward the shared goal of reducing gun violence. Highlights of these actions...
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