The action includes an instruction that the Department of Justice will issue proposed regulations on ‘ghost weapons’ within the next month – unregistered firearms that can be assembled from parts.
Biden will also instruct the Department of Justice to clarify regulations to ensure that pistols equipped with stabilizing wires, which essentially convert them into guns, will be regulated under the National Firearms Act. Pistols are cheaper and easier to carry across state lines, while guns are more regulated. …
And the president will ask various agencies to direct more resources to community violence prevention measures, and call on the Department of Justice to develop ‘red flag’ model laws – which allow family members to ask courts to remove firearms from people who considered a threat. – that states act and adopt. Several states, including Colorado, already have laws on red flags on the books.