President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday will roll out new measures to explore ways to crack down on illegal firearm technologies, as crime and gun reform take on heightened levels of attention with just weeks until November’s election.
The administration is forming a task force to develop a report assessing the threat posed by machine-gun conversion devices and 3D-printed firearms that don’t have serial numbers. Conversion devices, which are prohibited under US law, can give ordinary firearms the power of fully automatic weapons.