At an event where he signed orders creating new gun-focused task forces, President Joe Biden referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as his “boss” and used the wrong job title – “secretary” – for Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate. In a meandering speech, Biden mentioned that he had attended all but three mass shootings in the United States before making a debunked attack against Vance, who has never suggested shootings were a fact of life. The executive orders create new panels to study how to best implement active-shooter drills at schools and to study potential regulations on 3D printed guns and equipment that can make a semiautomatic weapon into a machine gun. Biden mistakenly referred to Harris as “president” on several occasions, drawing criticism on social media. The president’s new gun control orders do not establish new restrictions but create an emerging firearm threats task force with the purpose of making recommendations about how to curb concerning new trends.
