{"id":397063,"date":"2021-04-07T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=397063"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:58:34","slug":"biden-to-announce-sweeping-gun-control-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-announce-sweeping-gun-control-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to Announce Sweeping Gun-Control Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-announce-sweeping-gun-control-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=397063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.89696969697\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Executive orders will regulate unfinished gun parts<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-810.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-251.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232045995_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232045995_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/stephen-gutowski\/\" title=\"Posts by Stephen Gutowski\" rel=\"author\" class=\"text-red-700\">Stephen Gutowski<\/a> \u2022 April 7, 2021 4:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"81.154034229829\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Joe Biden will announce a series of executive actions to institute gun-control measures Thursday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Biden will pursue a policy restricting homemade firearms, according to a&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/biden-executive-actions-guns-479704\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">report from&nbsp;<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Politico<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. He will direct his administration to find a way to regulate unfinished firearms parts the same way as functioning guns. The goal will be to require buyers of unfinished parts to go through background checks before finalizing their purchase.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Biden will reportedly frame the measures as a response to recent mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado. Homemade guns were not used in either event. There are no details on how Biden plans to regulate unfinished firearm parts, but his administration may face an uphill battle given recent court rulings against how the ATF regulates AR-15 parts.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Federal law regulates the &#8220;receiver&#8221; of a firearm the same way as a fully assembled gun, but the definition of what constitutes a &#8220;receiver&#8221; can be complicated by firearm design.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If the Biden administration attempts to broaden the definition of what constitutes a firearm &#8220;receiver,&#8221; it could face significant legal challenges from Second Amendment advocates. President Donald Trump&#8217;s unilateral action redefining&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bump stocks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;as&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;machine guns&#8221;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;under federal law in response to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, a similar action to the one Biden is expected to order,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/second-amendment-activists-prevail-in-federal-court\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">was quashed in federal court<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;in March.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;Federal prosecutors have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/10\/11\/us\/ar-15-guns-law-atf-invs\/index.html\">dropped several cases<\/a>&nbsp;in recent years as judges indicated the ATF&#8217;s definition of an AR-15 &#8220;receiver&#8221; is too broad.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Politico<\/em> reported Biden could announce additional actions beyond regulating homemade firearms but did not provide details.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Biden has promised unilateral action on gun control since he began his campaign for president<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. At the end of March, after failing to include gun control in&nbsp;his historic number of executive orders upon taking office, he&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/biden-promises-executive-action-legislation-on-guns\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">told reporters<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;he would implement unilateral gun-control measures.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of timing,&#8221; Biden said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Biden has faced backlash from gun-control advocates for the delay in action. He has also faced criticism for not including minority groups in gun-control conversations at the White House. March For Our Lives and the Community Justice Action Fund&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/gun-control-groups-lash-out-at-biden\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">slammed Biden<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;in late February for walking back his promises to gun-control groups.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;We want to fight back and change the systems that have kept young people, Black people, and other people of color out of the conversation,&#8221; Bria Smith, a March&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;Our Lives board member, said at the time. &#8220;Our stories are not just for consumption. We want to see action from this administration, including meaningful connections with BIPOC communities to honor the grief of gun violence victims.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The president is expected to make the announcement at the White House alongside Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive orders will regulate unfinished gun parts  Getty Images  Stephen Gutowski \u2022 April 7, 2021 4:45 pm President Joe Biden will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896270,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}