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7/11/22

USA: Biden celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting

President Joe Biden on Monday hailed a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence as “real progress,” but said “more has to be done” after just 16 days in effect, that legislation already has been overshadowed by yet another mass shooting.

The bill, passed after recent gun rampages in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, incrementally toughens requirements for young people to buy guns, denies firearms to more domestic abusers, and helps local authorities temporarily take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.

Read more at: Biden celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting | AP News

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