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Associated Press
Alan Fram
Washington — US Senate thought a month ago Easily approved the unsuccessful bipartisan gun violence bill and set what final approval will be the most widespread response of Congress in decades to the execution of brutal mass shootings.
Democrats and 15 Republicans joined New York last month after years of delays in GOP proceedings that upset Democrats' efforts to curb firearms. After the rampage in Texas, we decided that Congressional omissions were unacceptable. After several weeks of private talks, negotiators from both parties embodied a gradual but influential move to curb bloodshed that has regularly shocked the country. I presented a compromise.
$ 13 billion measures will strengthen background checks on the youngest gun buyers, protect firearms from domestic violence criminals, and steal weapons from those deemed dangerous by authorities. Helps to enact a danger signal law that facilitates. We also fund community programs for school safety, mental health and violence prevention.
The election year package is far below the stronger gun control required by the Democratic Party, and the Republicans have banned offensive weapons and large magazines used. I've been blocking it for years. In killings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, Texas. Nonetheless, the agreement shows voters that the leaders of both parties have declared victory and know how to compromise and make the government work, while leaving room for each side to appeal to its core supporters. I did.
"This is not the cure for all the ways gun control affects our country," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck, whose party has targeted gun control for decades.・ Schumer, D-N.Y. Said. "But that's a long delinquency step in the right direction."
In favor of Article 2 of the Constitutional Amendment, which exercises the right to arm that drives many conservative voters. And Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. States as follows. And for their children to be safe at school. "They want both of them at the same time, and that's what the previous Senate bill would accomplish," he said.
This day was bittersweet for those who supported reducing gun violence. Emphasizing the lasting effect of conservative cIout, the right-wing Supreme Court says people do.
McConnell praises the judge's decision and the Senate's passage of the gun bill as "a complementary victory that makes our country more free and secure." did.
The Senate vote for the final pass was 65-33. A group of Democrats who saw the vote at the back of the Chamber of Commerce included Congressman Lucy McBass, Georgia. Lucy McBass's 17-year-old son was shot dead in 2012 by a man complaining that the music was too loud.
In a keyroll call a few hours ago, Senators cast 65-34 votes to end the filibuster by conservative Republican Senators. This was five more than the required 60-vote threshold. The House of Representatives plans to vote on the bill on Friday, and approval seems certain.
In both votes, 15 Senate Republicans joined all 50 Democrats, including two non-allied independents, to support the legislation.
However, the vote highlighted the risks that Republicans face by opposition to party voters and firearms groups such as the National Rifle Association. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Todd Young of Indiana were only two of the 15 re-elected this fall. The remaining four will retire and eight will not meet voters until 2026.
Needless to say, Republican senators who voted "no" were Ted Cruz, Texas, Josh Hawley, Missouri, and South Carolina. Some of the party's most conservative members, such as Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Leigh of Utah, also voted "no."
The Senate's actions were a clear breakthrough, but the outlook for Congress's continued move on the curb of the gun is bleak.
Less than one-third of the 50 Republican Senators in the Senate support the bill, and Republican firm opposition is certain in the House. The Republican Top House voted "against" in an email from Republican leader Steve Scalise in Louisiana, slowly encouraging the bill to "citizen's right to amend Article 2 to comply with the law." Efforts to scrape it off. "
Both chambers of commerce (now narrowly controlled by the Democratic Party) are quite likely to be run by the Republican Party after the November midterm elections.
In a statement, President Joe Biden said that Uvalde residents had told him that Washington had to act when he visited. "This law makes children in schools and communities safer. I call Congress to finish work and bring the bill to my desk," Biden said.
A month after Gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Yuvarde, Senate actions took place. Just a few days earlier, a white man was accused of being motivated by racism for killing 10 black grocery shoppers in Buffalo. Members of both parties, both shooters are 18 years old, have a youthful profile shared by many mass shootings, and the close timing of the two slaughterers and victims that many can identify. He said he had aroused a demand for action by voters.
The meeting was led by Senator Chris Murphy (Connecticut), Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona), John Cornyn (Republican), and Thom Tillis (Republican). Murphy represents Newtown, Connecticut, and in 2012 an assailant killed 20 students and 6 staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Meanwhile, Cornin has been involved in past shootings following the shootings in his state and is near McConnell.
Murphy said the measure saved thousands of lives and was "tired that democracy has collapsed and is not so far as to stand up." It's a chance to prove to the American people. "
"I believe in doing nothing in the face of what I saw in Yuvarde," Konin said.
The bill makes records of local boys between the ages of 18 and 20 available during the federal background checks needed when trying to buy a gun. These tests are currently limited to 3 days and last up to 10 days to give federal and local authorities time to search records.
Those convicted of domestic violence, the victim's current or former romantic partner, are barred from obtaining firearms and close the so-called "boyfriend loophole."
Currently, this ban applies only to those who are married, cohabiting, or have children with the victim. The compromise will extend it to those who are believed to have had a "continuous and serious relationship."
There will be money to help states enforce the Hazard Signals Act, and for other states that do not have it for violence prevention programs. There are such laws in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
The bill expands the use of background checks by rewriting the definition of federal-approved gun shops required to conduct background checks. Penalties for gun trafficking have been tightened, billions of dollars have been provided to behavioral health clinics and school mental health programs, and there is money in school safety initiatives, but employees never use "dangerous weapons." ..
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