A new bipartisan deal brokered by Chris Murphy and John Cornyn could represent the most significant federal legislative action on gun violence in decades.
for signature, establishes $750 million in funds for red flag programs and other crisis intervention measures; closes the “boyfriend loophole” to keep weapons out of the hands of domestic abusers; expands background checks; cracks down on the “straw purchases” that have helped fuel gun violence in cities like Chicago; and boosts funding for violence prevention and mental health support.
It will be tempting — understandable, even — to question whether this Senate compromise actually meets Biden’s call in a meaningful way. It is the product, after all, of negotiations that Cornynthat he used to thwart Biden’s “gun grabbing agenda.” Some of that boasting, at the Texas GOP convention over the weekend, may have been an attempt to tamp down the boos he faced from Republicans for even participating in the bipartisan talks.
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