President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday aimed at curbing the spread of 3D printed guns and machine gun parts and improving school active shooter training.

The executive order created the Emerging Firearms Threat Task Force to report a report detailing the threat posed by 3D-printed machine gun parts and firearms and how federal authorities can stop the devices from flowing. The document will be submitted to the White House within 90 days. The order also directs other agencies to improve active shooter training in schools. According to White House announcement. According to the White House, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reported a 570% increase in fully automatic conversion devices between 2017 and 2021 compared to the previous five years.

“In April 2021, one of the Biden-Harris Administration's first executive actions to reduce gun violence will be to address the emerging threat of unserialized firearms, often referred to as 'ghost guns.' ,” the White House said in a statement. “Now, President Biden and Vice President Harris are taking additional action against two new firearm threats: machine gun converters and unmanufactured 3D printed firearms.” (Related: Kamala Harris once called for mandatory buybacks of 'assault weapons'; experts say it's not that easy)

“Guns kill more children in America than any other cause. It's a disease,” Biden said during the event.

Biden was joined by Harris and Democratic Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin. He praised Biden and Harris' “investment” in America's neighborhoods and said Biden was a “true friend” to Birmingham.

“Today, we are working to reduce the impact of gun violence on our communities,” Woodfin said. said. “In my community, and I'm sure in other communities, we're finding these devices being used at crime scene after crime scene.”

The gun control debate has recently reignited following mass shootings at Birmingham, Alabama and Apalachee High Schools in Georgia. Police believe more people were caught in the crossfire because the Birmingham shooters used a so-called “Glock switch” that enables automatic gunfire. According to On CNN.

China has been a major contributor to the increase in switches in the United States, with federal authorities in Boston seizing more than 350 websites involved in illegally transporting equipment to the United States. According to Submitted to the Ministry of Justice in September. Contraband is often falsely labeled as something harmless to pass through U.S. customs, such as a “necklace” or “toy.”

Biden called for a ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines” and other “common sense gun regulations” in the wake of the Georgia shootings. According to Go to press release.

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