![]() ![]() ![]() So that's the portion that you might call naming and shaming.Īt the same time, the executive order also, very importantly, directs steps to raise public awareness of so-called red flag orders. It does a number of different things, one of which is to direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to make public to the extent the law allows the inspection reports that they conduct on licensed firearm dealers who are found to be in violation of their obligations in the law. RICE: There is a provision of the executive order, which is actually quite expansive. I saw one thing that part of this is going to be naming and shaming federally licensed firearms dealers who may be breaking the law. KELLY: So I'm trying to wrap my head around what that means, what will actually change here. So this executive order and the action that the attorney general will take in response to it will bring us as close as we possibly can to ensuring universal background checks without new legislation. And an important new law was passed last summer, the bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which changed the definition of who is, quote, "engaged in the business of selling firearms." So what the president's executive order does today is to direct the attorney general to examine ways to clarify that definition to ensure that everybody who should be subject to background checks who's selling firearms are required to comply. RICE: The laws that are on the books are being enforced. KELLY: But the laws that are already on the books, why are they not being enforced? RICE: Well, Mary Louise, there are actually gaps and loopholes in existing law as it relates to universal background checks, which is why the president has for so many years - and continues to this day - to call on Congress to pass legislation that would ensure universal background checks. It'll ensure that all background checks required by law are actually conducted. KELLY: Start with background checks and that this new executive order will strengthen enforcement. SUSAN RICE: Good to be with you, Mary Louise. Let's hear more now from Susan Rice, the president's domestic policy adviser, also a former national security adviser in the Obama administration. KELLY: The order will strengthen enforcement of existing laws on background checks for gun buyers, also promote awareness of red flag laws and gun safety and develop more resources for gun violence survivors. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Today, I'm announcing another executive order that will accelerate and intensify this work to save more lives more quickly. ![]() One such shooting happened in January in Monterey Park, Calif., and that is where the president paid tribute today to the 11 people who were killed as he touted his previous and new actions on gun control. Today, President Biden announced an executive order to address what he has called a national embarrassment that is, mass shootings across the United States. ![]()
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