Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer
Directs Federal Agencies to Reduce Gun Violence and Protect Communities
What it does
Agencies must use lawful authorities to reduce gun violence, implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and take specified steps like improving background checks and promoting safe storage.
Real-world impact
- Clarifies who must be licensed to sell firearms to increase background-check compliance.
- Expands federal public campaigns to promote safe firearm storage.
- Requires prompt entry of ballistics data into the national ballistics database (NIBIN).
Topics
Summary
This order directs federal agencies to use every legally available tool to reduce gun violence and implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
It requires key departments to report on their actions and data, and directs steps such as clarifying who must be licensed to sell firearms, expanding safe-storage campaigns, encouraging red-flag laws, improving ballistics data use, reducing shipment thefts, and studying support needs for survivors and first responders.
The goal is to keep guns out of dangerous hands and make communities safer.
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