SAN DIEGO  — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns. The order also seeks to promote more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies get the most out of last summer's bipartisan gun control law.

The Democratic president is expected to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence during a speech Tuesday in Monterey Park, California. In January, a gunman stormed a dance hall in the city near Los Angeles and shot 20 people, killing 11, following a Lunar New Year celebration. The bipartisan legislation passed after the killing of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.