Usa, first bipartisan bill on arms control
Certainly it will not be the solution to all the evils that afflict the United States, in terms of arms control but, at least, it is a concrete first step. Yes, because a bipartisan agreement has finally been reached between a group of Democratic and Republican senators for a bill to provide more security for schools, more mental health checks and modest restrictions on gun possession. President Biden’s comment was overwhelmingly positive “There are important steps in the right direction in the text and, if adopted, it would be the most important arms safety legislation passed by Congress in recent decades.” In any case, a first step after years of stalemate. With the support of 10 Democrats and 10 Conservatives, a political dialogue that had been blocked for more than a year was brought to an end. But the continuing massacres and above all the last two shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde in Texas have necessarily accelerated the initiative initially wanted by the media of the weight of CNN and Wasgìshington Post.
The US, family members and the police can confiscate the weapons
The agreement provides that, at the level of states, police and family members may limit and confiscate, by court order, weapons from any person deemed potentially dangerous. Then there are more strengthened mental controls even for children under 21 and greater controls at the campus entrances. However, the bipartisan bill is still insufficient as it does not touch the ban on the sale of assault rifles and high-capacity magazines or the raising of the minimum age (from 18 to 21 years) to buy semi-automatic weapons and bulletproof vests. As did the state of New York instead. The only novelty, the clause prohibiting the couples, not just spouses, to possess weapons if they have been convicted of gender-based violence. The proposal was enough to move the American squares in favor. In Los Angeles, President Biden praised the March for Our Lives group. “That they keep marching is important. This must become an electoral issue. The way politics listens listen is when people say that a project can influence the vote. Too many people die unnecessarily and common sense laws must be passed. I am moderately optimistic about this latest project ”. Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has been leading dem initiatives on “weapons” since 2012, after a massacre at a Sandy Hook school in Newton that left 28 victims, including 20 minors. With the support of the 10 Republicans who support the agreement, the procedure could be saved without the delays and obstacles introduced by filibustering, the dreaded filibustering.
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