Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
California Governor Gavin Newsom applauded President Joseph Biden's executive actions on gun violence, which he said will save lives and reduce unnecessary loss and suffering across the country.
In a statement issued this morning, the governor said mass shootings and gun violence rarely make the news, but it is a crisis that claims the lives of nearly 40,000 people a year.
"In the wake of three tragic mass shootings and the daily gun violence that devastates families but rarely makes the news, President Biden is taking necessary life-saving federal action to curb the gun violence crisis that grips our country and claims nearly 40,000 lives a year," she said.
"I applaud his orders to curtail the proliferation of untraceable 'ghost guns,' invest in violence interventions, and regulate the trade and trafficking of illegal firearms. These actions will save lives and reduce unnecessary loss and suffering across the country," he said.
In that sense, he recalled that the state of California has one of the strictest gun laws in the country.
"California prides itself on having the strictest gun laws in the nation, including groundbreaking state protections approved by voters in Proposition 63 to ban the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines and require background checks to keep ammunition out of the hands of dangerous people," he said.
In that regard, he explained that since taking office as governor, he has signed several bills aimed at reducing gun violence, including strengthening gun violence restraining orders and regulating the sale of firearms and ammunition.
"I also worked with the Legislature to accelerate the regulation of 'ghost guns' to end the use of untraceable firearms by criminals. Because of California's commitment to meaningful gun safety laws, we have one of the lowest gun injury death rates in the country," he stressed.
The official explained that California has led the nation in passing gun safety laws. "We are grateful to now have a partner in the White House who knows we can, and must, do more to end gun violence."
And is that, Thursday morning, U.S. President Joseph Biden, called gun violence in the country as a "public health crisis" and an "epidemic".
He added that the number of mass shootings in the nation has become an "international embarrassment."
During a speech at the White House, where he announced executive actions to reduce gun violence, Biden told critics of gun reform that none of his executive actions contradict the Constitution.
"Nothing, nothing I'm going to recommend in any way affects the Second Amendment. These are bogus arguments that suggest that these are Second Amendment rights at stake that we're talking about. But no amendment, no amendment to the Constitution is absolute," he said.
President Biden's package of measures includes tighter restrictions on "ghost guns" - handmade or self-assembled firearms that do not have serial numbers - and stabilizing gun braces that allow guns to be used more accurately.
As well as having the Department of Justice model "red flag" laws for states that allow for the temporary removal of guns from people deemed at high risk of harming themselves or others, and a full report on firearms trafficking.
Also, invest in intervention programs in violence-prone communities.
It is worth noting that just this Wednesday there was a tragic mass shooting in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where six people were shot, five of whom were killed, including Dr. Robert Leslie, his wife Barbara and their two grandchildren - aged five and nine, respectively - as well as a person who worked for the family.
So far, investigations suggest that former NFL player Phillip Adams, 32, was the one who committed the terrible act, then committed suicide with a gun, in a house near where the murders were committed after a confrontation with police.
