Biden tightens some gun controls, says much more needed

The orders tighten regulations on homemade guns and provide more resources for gun-violence prevention but fall far short of the sweeping gun-control agenda laid out on the campaign trail.

U.S. President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions onThursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment." “The idea that we have so many people dying every single day from gun violence in America is a blemish on our character as a nation,” Mr. Biden said during remarks at the White House. He announced he is tightening regulations for buyers of “ghost guns” — homemade firearms that usually are assembled from parts and often lack serial numbers used to trace them. Also, a proposed rule, expected within 60 days, will tighten regulations on pistol-stabilising braces like the one used in Boulder, Colorado, in a shooting last month that left 10 dead.