Biden Announces Restrictions on Ghost Guns, Nominates ATF Director

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Chipman's history of gun control advocacy had him squaring off against gun rights groups.
59% : Biden's budget request includes increased funding for law enforcement, steering $3.2 billion in grants meant for state and local governments to put more cops on the beat.
58% : "This is a rule that's supported by law enforcement.
48% : "Biden's proposal to create a comprehensive national gun registry and end the online sale of gun parts without the passage of a new law exemplifies his disregard for the Second Amendment," GOA Director of Federal Affairs Aidan Johnston said in a Sunday statement.
44% :The fabricated emphasis on "'ghost guns' encourages anti-gun members of Congress to pass legislation to mandate universal background checks, ban semi-automatic firearms and their standard capacity magazines, and allow for the firearms industry to be sued into oblivion through meritless lawsuits," the NRA-ILA said.
44% : Biden also made calls to Congress Monday to pass legislation that will require universal background checks for all gun sales, ban "assault-style weapons" and repeal gun manufacturers' protection from liability.
42% : In fact, the ATF does not distinguish or publish "verified PMF (Privately Made Firearm) data" and counts "homemade firearms recovered by law enforcement" among all the confiscated firearms that agencies conduct traces on -- a total of 23,906 guns during the five-year period that ended Dec. 31, 2020.
40% : Last year roughly 20,000 suspected ghost guns were recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations, according to the ATF.
38% :Dettelbach also ran an unsuccessful campaign for Ohio Attorney General during which he advocated for an assault weapons ban among other gun control measures, according to the Ohio public radio station WOSU.
36% :The National Rifle Association had not directly addressed the new rule and Dettelbach's nomination by mid-day Monday but in Monday commentary called Biden's revived focus on gun control "little more than an effort to appease anti-gun zealots" in an effort to shore up a contingency he made campaign promises to but has failed to deliver on.

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