The outline includes measured arms curbs and enhanced efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs. “Our plan saves lives while protecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans,” the group, led by Democratic Connecticut Chris Murphy and Texas Republican John Cornyn, said in a statement. “We look forward to gaining broad, bipartisan support and legislating our proposal with common sense.” The proposal falls short of the toughest steps President Joe Biden and many Democrats have long sought. In a statement, Biden said the framework “does not do what I think is needed, but reflects important steps in the right direction and would be the most important gun safety legislation passed in Congress in decades.” Given the bipartisan support, “there are no excuses for the delay and no reason why it should not be passed quickly by the Senate and Parliament.” If the deal leads to legislation, it would mark a turning point in years of gun killings that have brought little but no impasse to Congress. Senate leaders hope to push for a law deal soon – possibly this month – following deadly mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, a Tops supermarket and Uvalde, Texas, an elementary school, as well as other mass shootings. murders with weapons. A day before the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, a visitor looks over a screen with the photos and names of the 49 people killed June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of the mass shootings. (John Raoux / The Associated Press) The deal was announced a day after tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC, and hundreds of other places in the United States to demand that lawmakers pass legislation to curb gun violence. It also marks the sixth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history, which left 49 dead and 53 injured in Orlando, Florida.
Lawmakers report “frightened” families
Twenty senators, including 10 Republicans, are calling for the framework agreement to be voted on. In the 50-50 Senate, it would take at least 10 Republican votes to reach the usual 60-vote threshold for approval. “Families are afraid and it is our duty to unite and do something that will help restore a sense of security and safety in their communities,” the lawmakers who developed the framework agreement said in a statement. Senate negotiators said the details and legislative language would be written in the coming days. But here are some of the ones in the box:
Minor arms buyer records under the age of 21 will be available as part of the history checks. (The men accused of killing 10 blacks at a grocery store in Buffalo and 19 students and two teachers at Uvalde School were both 18.) Funds will be provided to states to enforce red flag laws and strengthen school safety and mental health programs. Κόκκι A red defect law allows courts to issue a special protection order authorizing police to seize temporary weapons from people who engage in disturbing behavior, such as threats.. Most people who sell firearms will need to obtain federal dealership licenses, which means they will have to conduct buyer history checks. Domestic criminals who do not live with an ex-partner, such as former friends, would be prohibited from buying firearms. It would be a crime for a person to legally buy a gun for someone who does not qualify for ownership.
Aides to Congress have said billions of dollars will be spent on expanding the number of community mental health centers and suicide prevention programs, but that other spending figures remain undecided. It is not clear how long it will take to finalize the deal. However, the common desire of the parties to show a response to the recent shootings, suggests that the momentum towards implementation was strong.
The mass shootings led to closed-door talks
The mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo sparked two weeks of closed-door talks between groups of senators led by Murphy, Cornyn, North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis and Arizona Democrat Kyrsten. But as lawmakers act on the increased voter turnout in Congress, Republicans remain opposed to more sweeping steps by Democrats. These include banning assault rifles, such as the AR-15 rifles used in Buffalo and Ovalde, or raising the legal age for their purchase. AR-15s are powerful semi-automatic weapons capable of firing high-capacity magazines and have been used in many mass shootings in recent years, including assassinations at Pulse nightclubs. A protester in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza Park holds a sign behind the crosses that bear the names of the victims of last month’s Uvalde shooting in Texas. The New York protest was among the March for Our Lives rallies against armed violence that took place across the United States on Saturday. (Jeenah Moon / Reuters) Democrats also wanted to ban high-capacity cartridges and extend the required background checks to much more arms markets. The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed sweeping bills last week banning the sale of semi-automatic weapons to people under the age of 21 and high-capacity magazines and giving federal courts the power to decide when local authorities want to remove weapons. persons considered dangerous. Currently, only 19 states and the District of Columbia have red flag laws.
