{"id":127141,"date":"2022-06-25T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127141"},"modified":"2022-06-25T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:51:37","slug":"biden-signs-gun-law-related-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127141","title":{"rendered":"Biden signs gun law related bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This new law extends who would be prohibited from being able to purchase a firearm. Among those who would be prohibited are those under 21, with some exceptions. It also closes the “boyfriend loophole”.<\/p>\n

From the Hill:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The House took up the bill hours after the Senate approved it in a 65-33 vote on Thursday night. Fifteen Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), joined all Democrats in supporting the measure in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n

“Today, we say more than enough. We said more than enough. It’s time when it seems impossible to get anything done in Washington, we are doing some consequential,” he said, joined at the podium by first lady Jill Biden. “I know there’s much more work to do. I’m never going to give up.”<\/p>\n

Biden, who said today is a “monumental day,” thanked the leaders in Congress who got the bill across the finish line and thanked the families of victims, who the president and the first lady have met with.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been at this work for a long, long time and I know how hard it is and I know what is takes to get it done,” he said.<\/p>\n

The bill, known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, enhances background checks for gun purchasers between the age of 18 and 21, makes obtaining firearms through straw purchases or trafficking a federal offense and clarifies the definition of a federally licensed firearm dealer.<\/p>\n

It allocates $750 million to help states administer red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from people deemed a threat to themselves or others, and other intervention programs, and it includes funding for mental health treatment.<\/p>\n

Additionally, it closes the so-called boyfriend loophole by barring individuals from possessing a firearm for at least five years if they are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of violence involving a current or former romantic partner. It extends the law that previously only applied to abuse against spouses, a person they share a child with or a cohabitating partner.<\/p>\n

“While this bill doesn’t do everything I want, it does include actions I’ve long called for that are going to save lives,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hill has the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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