We are still far from the ambitions displayed by Joe Biden, but this is an important first step.

The American president signed this Saturday a law aiming to put in place a regulation of firearms, the most important in nearly thirty years.

“While this law does not encompass everything I want, it includes measures that I have long called for and that will save lives,” he told the White House before flying to the airport. 'Europe.

The legislation, backed by members of both the Democratic and Republican parties, was passed to the applause of Congress on Friday.

It introduces new gun restrictions, and spends billions on mental health and school safety.

This morning, I signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law—the most significant gun safety law in the last 30 years.

The bill:



—Includes red-flag laws


—Closes the “boyfriend loophole”


—Requires young people ages 18 to 21 to undergo enhanced background checks



And more.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 25, 2022


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Assault rifles are still allowed

The parliamentary initiative was launched after the Uvalde massacre, which killed 21 people including 19 children in a Texas elementary school at the end of May, and that of Buffalo in New York State, during which 10 black people were killed. were killed in a supermarket in mid-May.

The text aims in particular to strengthen the verification of criminal and psychological backgrounds for buyers of weapons aged 18 to 21, to establish better control of the illegal sale of weapons, and to fund programs dedicated to mental health.

But the proposed measures fall far short of what President Biden wanted, such as banning assault rifles.

“Today we did something”

After a series of deadly shootings, the text is still a first for decades.

Referring to the difficulty of passing legislation on such a sensitive subject in the United States in a divided Congress, President Biden called the new legislation "monumental".

The message from the victims of the shootings, he said, was "do something...god, do something."

"Well today we did something," he said.

I know there is still a lot of work to do and I will never give up”.

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