Lawmakers voted in favor of speeding up the vote on a bipartisan package of measures to strengthen federal arms legislation. They agreed on a procedural measure that would allow parliament to consider and vote on a bill this week. If passed, it would be the country’s first major arms law in decades. The framework for a firearms bill is a response to last month’s mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York. The law includes provisions that would help states keep guns out of the hands of those considered to be a danger to themselves or others and close the so-called “friend window” by preventing arms sales to those convicted of abusing unmarried partners. . However, the bill cannot raise the age limit from 18 to 21 for the purchase of automatic assault weapons. The gunmen in both Texas and New York were 18-year-olds who used rifles they bought themselves. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sumer said he expects the bill to be passed this week, while Sen. Chris Murphy, the leader of the Democrats in the House talks with Republicans, called it “the most important piece of legislation.” against the violence that Congress will have. passed in 30 years “. Mr Murphy added: “This is an important discovery. And most importantly, it is a bipartisan discovery.” With the 100-seat Senate evenly divided between the two parties, the bill will need the support of at least 10 Republicans to overcome a procedural hurdle. Analysis: Is America too deeply divided to tackle its weapons problem? Fourteen Republicans joined all 50 Democrats to pass the bill. The country’s largest arms lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Twitter that it was opposed to the legislation because it could be abused to restrict legal arms purchases. The statement by the politically powerful group could affect the number of Republicans voting for the measure. A total of 19 students and two of their teachers were killed in an assassination attempt by Salvador Ramos, who dropped out of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last month. A few days earlier, a gunman had broadcast live a mass “racially motivated” attack that killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo. The incidents sparked new calls for changes to gun laws that, ten years after the deadliest shooting at a school in America – Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut where 26 were killed – have changed very little.
