President Biden visited Monterey Park, Calif., where 11 people were fatally shot, and introduced an executive order to increase background checks for firearm sales. He praised the suburbs “unbreakable spirts” as “anti-Asian hate crimes rose.”
President Biden visited Monterey Park, Calif., a majority-Asian Los Angeles suburb where 11 people were fatally shot at a dance studio on the eve of Lunar New Year in January.
Bidenthat seeks to increase background checks before firearms sales, asks his Cabinet to explore how the federal government can better assist communities after a mass shooting and urges the Federal Trade Commission to issue a report on how gun manufacturers market firearms to minors.
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