Questions raised over Biden gun measure

Raging gun violence in the United States has led President Joe Biden to establish a White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, with experts saying it is yet to be seen whether it will deliver meaningful change.

Gun control campaigners have long called for such an office, saying it would help coordinate federal efforts. There have been more than 500 mass shootings in the country this year. In the first eight months of the year gun violence took an average of more than 123 lives a day.

Kris Brown, president of Brady, a gun safety advocacy group, said: "Brady long advocated and fought for an Office of Gun Violence Prevention even before President Biden took office.