Watch live as Joe Biden delivers remarks on gun violence

Thursday 08 April 2021 16:53 BST

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President Joe Biden‘s first executive actions to address gun violence will include orders to combat the proliferation of so-called "ghost guns" and apply laws restricting the type of pistol stabilising brace used in last month’s Boulder, Colorado mass shooting.

Mr Biden and his administration will take six different actions on Thursday to combat what a senior official called "the gun violence public health epidemic", ranging from directives to create new regulations governing untraceable build-it-yourself firearm kits to strengthening community violence prevention programmes.

He will also nominate a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent to be that agency’s first Senate-confirmed leader since 2015.

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