Washington — Thursday night, the Senate passedthe largestgun bill in decades designed to prevent gun violence. Defeat of the National Rifle Association.
Votes 65-33, with all 50 Democrats and 15 Republicans (including minority leader Mitch McConnell) in the House for a vote scheduled for Friday. I voted to send.
"The US Senate is doing what many believed was impossible even a few weeks ago. We passed the first important gun safety bill in nearly 30 years. "Masu," said D-N.Y, leader of the Senate Majority Party, Chuck Schumer. Said just before the vote. "The gun safety bill we pass tonight can be explained by three adjectives: bipartisan, common sense, and lifesaving."
This bill is a state for the Danger Signals Act and the Crisis Prevention Program. We will provide a grant to. Strengthen background checks for young Americans aged 18-21 and open the door to access to boys' records. Also, use the warning to regain access under certain circumstances to move the gun away from a dating partner other than the spouse convicted of abuse to break a loophole in the boyfriend. I am aiming to close it.
In addition, the law clarifies which seller must be registered as a licensee for firearms. This requires a background check against potential buyers. And it tightens penalties for trafficking guns.
The bipartisan packageis now going to the House of Representatives, where Chairman Nancy Pelosi brought this "life-saving law" to Friday's vote in a statement on Thursday, saying, "He Claim to President Biden for his signature. "
"Post-shooting, post-murder murder, post-suicide suicide—for 30 years, Congress stood in politics and did nothing, but this time it wasn't," D-Conn said. Senator Chris Murphy said. "This will be the most important anti-gun violence bill that Congress has passed in 30 years."
Murphy, Senator John Cornyn (Republican), Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona), Negotiated a modest policy rally with Tom Tillis (Republican).
"I'm encouraged about how much we were able to find in common," Cornin said. "People who suffered incredible losses in some of these shootings, but I want to tell them that their advocacy turned their pain into something positive."
Thebill faced opposition from the NRA, which claimed it was "insufficient at all levels."
"We rarely really tackle violent crimes while opening the door to the unnecessary burden of the exercise of freedom in Article 2 of the Constitutional Amendment by law-abiding gun owners," the group said. Said in a statement.
Recently, many Republican supporters of the bill have only reduced the rights of Article 2 of the Constitutional Amendment, maintained the rights of American guns to comply with the law, and tracked criminals. I tried to blame the right-wing claim that it was.
"If you agree with Article 2 of the Constitutional Amendment, you should agree with this bill," said Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La. The vote of
gives theSupreme Court the right to carry a gun toand the Constitution to carry a gun House Outside of, brought a big victory to the NRA.
President Joe Biden, who helped create gun control as a senator in the 1990s, said he was looking forward to signing the bill.
"I'm glad to see Congress getting pretty close to doing something in the end. We'll pass a bipartisan law that helps protect Americans," the bill said early Thursday. He said in a statement after clearing a major test vote on stage. "This law makes children in schools and communities safer. I call Congress to finish work and bring this bill to my desk."
Another In a statement, the White House said the law "is one of the most important steps Congress has taken to reduce gun violence in decades and has given our law enforcement agencies and prosecutors gun traffickers. It will give a new tool for prosecution. "
Cornin emphasized the limitations of the boyfriend's loophole policy.
"Unless you are convicted of domestic violence under state law, your gun rights will not be affected," he said earlier this week"Home Abuse of persons convicted of misdemeanor of non-spouse within-domestic violence of misdemeanor rather than felony-has an opportunity to regain their secondary amendment rights after five years. You must have a clean record. "
Negotiations on the legislative package include Buffaloin New York and Yuvaldein Texas. Caused by two gunfire incidents at 60}, combined 31 people, including 19 schoolchildren. Mass shootings occur every 10 days, and since then, mass shootings have increased.