WASHINGTON, JUNE 24 (ANSA) — The United States House of Representatives this Friday (24) passed a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing controls over the sale of firearms, particularly to those under the age of 21, in the country.
The measure, which has already been approved by the Senate, received 234 votes in favor and 193 against, and will be endorsed by US President Joe Biden. In total, 14 Republicans supported the bill despite pressure to oppose.
The initiative provides incentives to expand background checks for gun buyers aged 18 to 21, along with an increase in safety funding for schools and universities nationwide, investment and resources for actions in favor of mental health.
“This bipartisan law will help protect Americans,” Biden said on Thursday night. Said. “Children in schools and communities will be safer this way.”
The bill also closes the “boyfriend gap”, which prohibits dating partners convicted of domestic violence from purchasing guns. However, a person convicted of a misdemeanor may be allowed to re-take a gun after five years.
The package represents the most important new federal law to address gun violence since the end of the ban on assault weapons in 1994 – but it bans no weapons and falls far behind what Democrats and polls show most Americans want to see.
Pressure has increased for greater regulation of firearm sales in the United States following the latest school shooting in the country. On May 24, 21 people, including 19 children and two adults, were killed by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Since then, democratic establishments, celebrities, and politicians have once again protested the ease of owning firearms of any kind in the United States.
source: Noticias
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