US Senate passes gun safety Bill as Supreme Court knocks down handgun limits

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WASHINGTON - A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures passed the US Senate late on Thursday even as the Supreme Court broadly expanded gun rights by ruling Americans have a constitutional

right to carry handguns in public for self-defence.

Republicans refused to compromise on more sweeping gun control measures favoured by Democrats including President Joe Biden, such as a ban on assault-style rifles or high-capacity magazines. Polls show that a majority of Americans support some new limits on firearms, demands that typically rise following mass shootings like those that occurred in Texas and New York.Democrats warned that the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday could have dire consequences for gun safety nationwide.

The Senate's 80-page Bipartisan Safer Communities Act would encourage states to keep guns out of the hands of those deemed to be dangerous and tighten background checks for would-be gun buyers convicted of domestic violence or significant crimes as juveniles.

 

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Tokenism will not work. You must remove the root cause of gun violence or it will continue till the end of time. The law is crawling far behind the constant improvement in lethality of gun technology.

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