Statement by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Florida Permitless Concealed Carry Law

It is shameful that so soon after another tragic school shooting, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a permitless concealed carry bill behind closed doors, which eliminates the need to get a license to carry a concealed weapon.

This is the opposite of commonsense gun safety. The people of Florida -- who have paid a steep price for state and Congressional inaction on guns from Parkland to Pulse Nightclub to Pine Hills -- deserve better.

President Biden has been clear: too many lives are being ripped apart by gun violence. The President continues to call on Congress to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines, require safe storage of firearms, eliminate gun manufacturers' immunity from liability, and require background checks for all gun sales, and for state officials to take action at the state level.