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Executive Order 14127: Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed agencies to report on machine-gun conversion devices and unserialized firearms and to develop guidance for effective, trauma-informed school active-shooter drills.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 14127 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 14127 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 14127 do?

Justice and the firearms bureau were assigned a threat assessment; Education and HHS had to develop school-drill guidance.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedSeptember 26, 2024
Lead officialsJustice/ATF, Education, HHS and Homeland Security
Express timingReports and guidance within 90 to 110 days

Before and after

Before the order

Federal agencies addressed illegal conversion devices, ghost guns and school safety through separate enforcement, grant and guidance programs.

After the order

Agencies began reports, enforcement and guidance work before the administration ended. Later policy changed, but firearms statutes and agency rules remain independently enforceable; no direct challenge to the order was located.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Justice/ATFAssess conversion devices and unserialized firearms90 days
Education and HHSDevelop school-drill guidance110 days
AgenciesImprove threat information and enforcement coordinationOngoing

What happened next

EO 14127 signed.

Order signed.

The White House gun-violence coordination structure ceased with the change of administration.