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President signs historic gun control law after Congress passes it

2022-06-25T13:42:56.024Z


"Our children in schools and our communities will be safer because of this legislation," Biden said. The president, Joe Biden, signed this Saturday the historic bill to strengthen the control of firearms after the approval of Congress, the most important regulation in the matter in 30 years. "Our children in schools and our communities will be safer because of this legislation," Biden said in a statement Thursday. The president's signature comes a day after the House of Representatives voted in


The president, Joe Biden, signed this Saturday the historic bill to strengthen the control of firearms after the approval of Congress, the most important regulation in the matter in 30 years.

"Our children in schools and our communities will be safer because of this legislation," Biden said in a statement Thursday.

The president's signature comes a day after the House of Representatives voted in favor of the project, and after the approval of the Senate, with unusual bipartisan support.

In the House of Representatives, the law was approved with 234 votes in favor, from the Democratic majority, and 193 against, from the Republicans.

Although he obtained the vote of 14 members of this party.

These are the arms control measures included in the bipartisan project approved in the Senate

June 24, 202203:15

In the Senate, he obtained the support of the entire Democratic caucus, 50 votes, plus that of 15 Republican senators, including the minority leader, Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky.

The vote in Congress came after the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution establishes the right to carry a gun outside the home, a clear endorsement of the Second Amendment.

The legislative proposal includes an improvement in the background check process for young people between the ages of 18 and 21, tougher penalties for arms trafficking and a ban on the sale of weapons to those convicted of domestic violence who maintain a serious romantic relationship with his victim.


President Joe Biden signs the gun control bill at the White House on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

In this regard, it will provide grants to states for “red flag” laws, improve background checks to include juvenile records, and close the “dating loophole” by keeping guns away from couples who are not dating. married convicted of abuse.

The legislation was written in response to the shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

Source: telemundo

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