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Executive Order 14127

Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills

This executive order establishes an interagency task force to develop strategies against emerging firearms threats, specifically machinegun conversion devices and 3D printed ghost guns, requiring reports within 90 days. It also directs the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to publish guidance on improving school-based active-shooter drills within 110 days, with attention to trauma reduction and civil rights compliance.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 80345

Impact dates

  1. Publication of school-based active-shooter drill guidance by Education and Homeland Security

  2. Publication of recommended research areas on active-shooter drills

  3. Task Force report on machinegun conversion devices risk assessment and strategy

  4. Task Force report on 3D printed firearms risk assessment and strategy

Key directives

  • Establish interagency Emerging Firearms Threats Task Force with specified membership
  • Task Force to submit risk assessment and strategy on machinegun conversion devices within 90 days
  • Task Force to submit risk assessment and strategy on 3D printed firearms within 90 days
  • Secretaries of Education and Homeland Security to develop and publish active-shooter drill guidance within 110 days
  • Secretaries of Education and Homeland Security to develop and publish recommended research areas on active-shooter drills within 110 days

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Establishment of Emerging Firearms Threats Task Force chaired by Director of Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Near term (90d)

  • Task Force reports on machinegun conversion devices and 3D printed firearms due

Long term

  • Implementation of interagency strategies on emerging firearms threats
  • Publication and potential adoption of improved active-shooter drill guidance by schools

Risks & tensions

  • Voluntary mechanisms with tech companies (Sec. 3(b)(viii)) may prove ineffective without regulatory teeth
  • Feasibility of 3D printer blocking technology (Sec. 3(b)(iii), 3(c)(iv)) is uncertain and may face industry resistance
  • Civil rights compliance requirements (Sec. 4(a)(i)(B)) add complexity for schools already struggling with drill implementation
  • Task Force scope extends beyond traditional gun control agencies to State Department, Commerce, OSTP—coordination challenges likely
  • No dedicated funding appropriated; implementation subject to 'availability of appropriations' (Sec. 5(b))
Executive Order 14127: Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills · Executive Orders