After years and years of hearing people offering "thoughts and prayers" after mass gun killings, and yet the mass gun killings continued, it turns out finally that they actually work!! Today, President Biden signed six executive orders to put some basic, safety initiatives in place to deal with the gun epidemic.
Thoughts and prayers, indeed! It took a while, but I'm guess some thoughts and prayers take a while to get through all the other empty, meaningless ones. (Personally, I've always felt that if one was going to offer "thoughts and prayers" (tm) after a mass gun killing it should be to pray that there are no more mass gun killings. But this is good, too.) Surprisingly, the specific executive orders didn't get much attention on the news, just that President Biden signed them. That's a shame they didn't get more attention, though whether or not they get public attention, they still become official acts. For the record, here's what Joe Biden signed -- 1. Directed the Department of Justice to propose a rule within 30 days to reduce the problem of "ghost guns," which are firearms sold as kits and assembled at home without serial numbers. 2 . Directed the DOJ to draft a new rule within 60 days that will regulate a specific device that is placed on a pistol and used to turn it into a short-barreled rifle.3. Directed the Justice Department to develop a template for "red flag" laws for states, allowing judges to seize firearms from people who considered a threat to themselves or others. 4. Provide investments in a wide range of "evidence-based" community intervention programs on gun violence, including federal support, reimbursement, and jobs.. 5. Ordered the Justice Department to put out an annual study on gun trafficking, updating a landmark 2000 report whose data states and local police used combat gun-trafficking. 6. Nominated David Chipman to be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, a position that Republicans have blocked from being filled since 2015.
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