It is the first major initiative in decades and is considering raising the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, as well as identifying new crimes for arms trafficking and fraudulent sales. The text will face two other key votes in the US Senate.
The United States Senate moved forward on Tuesday in a key vote on the newly released bipartisan gun safety lawan important step in the implementation of the first big step in decades amid a tense political climate and the shock of the country after the latest deadly shootings.
The bill will face two other key votes in the US Senate, which could take place this week, as reported by US network CNN.
The bill is considering measures such as raising the age for buying semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, banning the import, sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of high-capacity ammunition supply equipment, as well as identifying new crimes. for drug trafficking. weapons and fraudulent sales.
Majority leader Chuck Schumer praised the bipartisan negotiators on Tuesday evening, saying on the Senate floor that the bill “is progress and will save lives,” adding that “although it is not all we want, this legislation is urgently needed.
“We will proceed to final approval as soon as possible. I expect the bill to be passed by the Senate by the end of this week,” Schumer said.
On the other hand, Republican Mitch McConnell has said: “I support the text of the bill that Senator Cornyn and our colleagues have prepared.” The US House of Representatives passed a bill in early June that tightens the country’s gun laws, in response to the two mass shootings in New York and Texas that shocked the North American country.
A total of 19 children and two educators died May 24 in Uvalde, Texas, from the gunshots of a young man who had just turned 18, acquired weapons. The case, along with the Buffalo shooting in which a white supremacist killed 10 black people, has reignited the gun control debate in the United States.
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