Biden meets with families and victims of Monterey Park mass shooting and discusses efforts to curb gun violence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The president on Tuesday claimed his order "directs my attorney general to take every lawful action possible to move us as close as we can to universal background checks without new legislation."
53% : Among its many provisions, the law includes money for school safety, mental health, state crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which provides a more comprehensive background check for those between the ages of 18 and 21 who want to buy guns.
38% : As he laid out details of his new executive order, Biden also acknowledged that "none of this absolves Congress' responsibility from ... acting, to pass universal background checks, eliminate gun manufacturing immunity from liability.

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