government to crack down on unlicensed sellers and prevent certain bulk purchases of firearms.” But, but, but: “If Biden does turn to executive action, advocacy groups have asked the administration to broaden the definition of individuals under federal law ‘engaged in the business’ of selling firearms. “The result is a president with little left beyond the bully pulpit, and dimming hopes for a tangible response to the shooting,” they write.
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After multiple mass shootings in the last several weeks, there’s increasing pressure both externally and internally to actually have some concrete action to point to.īut Biden just signed a series of executive orders last month that aimed to reduce gun violence - and, as Bloomberg’s Justin Sink, Jordan Fabian and Courtney Rozen write, there’s “little sense that the White House is preparing new executive actions.” Still, it is possible that the president could issue new executive orders. They write that the GOP “widely views the legislation as unnecessary and an attempt by Democrats to politicize” the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., less than two weeks ago. To wit: A domestic terrorism bill passed by the House will run into a Republican wall in the Senate today, report Marianne LeVine and Andrew Desiderio. WaPo’s Mike DeBonis describes “a distinct sense of fatalism” on Capitol Hill, “with most Republicans standing firm in defense of expansive gun rights as Democrats said they were desperate to pursue even meager attempts to prevent another tragedy.”
So what, realistically, will Washington do? “The Second Amendment is not absolute.” More from CBS “While they clearly will not prevent every tragedy, we know certain ones will have significant impact and have no negative impact on the Second Amendment,” Biden said. MEANWHILE, IN WASHINGTON - Speaking from the White House, President JOE BIDEN reflected on the shooting and called for new gun restrictions without identifying any specific proposals. She didn’t put that gun in her son’s hand.’” ‘She has to know that she is not to blame for this. … ‘I simply told her that we were with her, that not everyone here was against her,’ she said. “‘We are with her because we have to pray instead of criticizing or attacking,’ Abraham told reporters in Spanish at the church. The woman, Abraham said, was the mother of the shooter who opened fire at Robb Elementary, killing 19 children and two adults on Tuesday. The community: The Texas Tribune’s Jason Beeferman and Erin Douglas have a portrait of Uvalde, beginning with this remarkable scene: “Just 30 minutes before morning mass began at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where dozens of residents gathered Wednesday morning to pray, FATIMA ABRAHAM, a community leader in the church, sat next to a woman weeping in the first pew and consoled her in her arms. The WSJ talks with the families they leave behind. The families: The San Antonio Express-News puts stories to the names and faces of those killed at Robb Elementary. The parents: CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER has a must-watch interview with ANGEL GARZA, the father of one of the children killed - a man who found out his daughter was murdered while tending to the wounds of a young classmate who informed him.
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In the first full day after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, we gained a much clearer picture of the victims and the scope of the loss - almost unbearable, radiating outward. At the White House, Joe Biden reflected on the Uvalde shooting and called for new gun restrictions without identifying any specific proposals.