Overview

• President Biden will speak at a summit in Connecticut highlighting the implementation of federal gun safety legislation signed last year.
• Since the law was signed, there have been at least 26 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 131 people dead.
• Biden will accelerate his campaign travel, making stops in New York, California, Illinois, and Maryland before the end of the month.
• Pressure is building on the White House to take more concrete steps to address gun violence.
• Biden has repeatedly vowed to seek a new legislative ban on assault weapons, similar to one he helped usher into law as a senator in 1994 that expired 10 years later.