“Hopefully Lessons Have Been Learned”: Biden Takes a Second, Just as Precarious Swing at Gun Control

Joe Biden this week took two of his biggest steps yet toward addressing the “epidemic” of gun violence plaguing the nation. First, his administration announced a long-anticipated crackdown on “ghost guns”—homemade firearms, assembled with kits that cannot be traced and which have shown up at crime scenes across the country. Then, he nominated former federal prosecutor Steve Dettelbach to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives—the agency that has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2015. The pair of moves, which he announced in the Rose Garden on Monday, were hailed as a “major victory” by gun control… Read Full Article