Didn't watch.
Other than Kamala always standing by looking like some budget Mortal Kombat character, what did captain muppet say?
Same bullshit?
Not much new that was not already in the news releases. It was a laundry list of campaign promises without a clear plan to move forward. He made a comment about his primary legislative goal being the removal of restriction on lawsuits against gun companies.
The one thing he will be able to execute without contest through either the courts or the Senate, is the resumption of Justice Department reports on gun trafficking and directing several agencies to allocate more money for violence intervention programs.
The real substance was after Biden spoke when Merrick Garland explained their actual steps moving forward. Most news channels stopped just before Merrick spoke, so I doubt many actually listened.
I summarized the Key steps that Garland presented for your review:
- Resumption and update of studies of criminal gun trafficking to include plastic, 3D printed and self-assembly modern guns.
- Internal evaluation of how the existing tools and analysis of criminal cases and investigations show us about modern gun trafficking patterns. (in conjunction with the report)
-Within 30 days issuance of a rule to plug the gap in regulation that allows incomplete firearms to be sold without serial numbers and background checks.
- Within 60 days, ATF will issue a proposed rule that will clarify stabilizing devices on pistols as falling under statues for short barreled rifles.
- Publication of model red flag legislation for states to adopt to prevent access to firearms of people who are a clear danger to themselves or others.
- Directing one billion in funding for dozens of grant programs that can be used to support intervention strategies at reducing gun violence through public outreach, hospital based violence intervention services and community programs.
- The President will nominate David Shipman to be the next ATF director.
If you are interested, see ->
https://www.c-span.org/video/?51063...violence-epidemic-announces-executive-actions