2023-03-13 07:00:00
What you should know
President Biden was in the San Gabriel Valley community of Monterey Park on Tuesday. Biden signed an executive order on the purchase of firearms while in the east Los Angeles community where a gunman opened fire at a ballroom in January. Biden continued his visit to Nevada.
President Joe Biden visited Monterey Park Tuesday, the site of a mass shooting in January that left 11 dead and nine wounded, following signing an executive order designed to increase background checks prior to firearm sales.
The president’s three-day tour of California and Nevada began Monday with a stop in San Diego. He was due to attend a reception for the Democratic National Committee Monday night in Rancho Santa Fe before arriving at Los Angeles International Airport around noon Tuesday and taking a helicopter to the Monterey Park area of east Los Angeles.
Biden will the announcement of his executive order at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley during what is their first trip to California of 2023. Eleven people were killed on January 21 in a ballroom in Monterey Park when a shooter opened fire in a ballroom during a night of Lunar New Year celebrations.
Biden instructed his team to protect American workers and small businesses and keep our financial system safe by protecting customers with deposits, including small businesses and workers, and ensuring that no taxpayer dollars are at risk.
That gunman was disarmed in a fight at another area ballroom by Brandon Tsay, who was a guest of the first lady at the State of the Union address in February. He shooting in Monterey Park it was one of three mass shootings in January in California.
The shooter was later disarmed in a brave act of heroism in the foyer of another ballroom. Brandon Tsay, who seized the gun from the shooter, was a guest at President Biden’s State of the Union address on February 7 and sat on the first lady’s podium during the speech.
In his February speech, Biden renewed a call to ban military-style weapons. The executive order announced Tuesday marks an effort to increase “the number of background checks conducted prior to firearms sales, bringing the United States as close as possible to universal background checks without additional legislation,” according to a statement from the White House.
The order directs the attorney general to ensure that firearms dealers who are unaware of or ignore background check requirements comply, according to the White House.
The order will also direct Cabinet members to work with communities and law enforcement where “red flag” laws are in effect that allow residents to petition a court to determine whether a person poses a public danger, allowing weapons are temporarily removed from the person. possession.
Biden’s order will also direct the Departments of Transportation and Justice to work on a plan to reduce the loss or theft of firearms during shipment and strengthen reporting of such losses and thefts.
The Lunar New Year weekend promised to be one filled with joy for the Monterey Park community.
According to the White House, there has been a 250% increase in the number of firearms reported lost or stolen during shipment among federally licensed firearms dealers between 2018 and 2022.
The order will also include several other provisions, including:
authorizing public release of inspection records of firearms dealers cited for violating federal firearms laws; expediting ballistic data reporting by federal law enforcement in hopes of catching the shooters; improve federal support for survivors of gun violence; and advance efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons that are not detectable by metal detectors.
A man disarmed a suspect in a Monterey Park mass shooting when he entered another ballroom in Alhambra.
Biden left for the West Coast Monday morning following a White House speech on the pressing issue of the nation’s banks. Biden said the nation’s financial systems are safe in an effort to project calm following the collapse of two banks sparked fears of broader turmoil.
His three-day tour of California and Nevada began in San Diego, where he met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday. International leaders discussed the 18-month Australia-UK-US nuclear partnership known as AUKUS.
City News Services contributed to this article.
This story first appeared on Telemundo 52’s sister station, NBCLA. Click here to read this story in English
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