Trump signs order aimed at undoing Biden actions on guns
- 08 February, 2025
- 07:28
US President Donald Trump asked the Department of Justice to review firearms rules and regulations drafted by former President Joe Biden’s administration, setting up a likely reversal of many of those policies, Report informs via Bloomberg.
Trump, in an executive action issued Friday, directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine all “orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies” to determine any “ongoing infringements” of the Second Amendment, and present a plan to him within 30 days on how to protect gun rights.
That order includes actions taken by agencies during Biden’s tenure that Trump says claim “to promote safety,” but may have infringed on Americans’ gun-ownership rights.
It also touches on how agencies classified firearms and ammunition, any positions taken by the US in ongoing or potential court cases on the issue, efforts to step up regulatory enforcement of gun laws and the processing of applications to make, manufacture, transfer or export firearms.