The minimum age to buy an assault rifle in the U.S. would be raised from 18 to 21 under a bill passed by the House.
The bill would ban the sale of large-capacity magazines and institute new rules regarding gun storage. The chamber voted in favor of the proposal.
The purchasing age provision was included in the bill after it was voted on by the House. Republicans supported the proposal in a mostly party line vote.
There are several pieces of legislation designed to limit access to guns and other firearm equipment in the wake of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
The Untraceable Firearms Act would bolster regulations aroundghost guns, or those firearms without a serial number. It's hard for law enforcement to track ownership of firearms that don't have a serial number.
The success of the Democratic majority in the House is symbolic. The Senate Republicans, who have the power to block legislation with a filibuster that requires 60 votes to overcome, are united in their opposition to the House's restrictions on guns.
Democrats need to convince 10 Republicans to endorse any legislation if they want to get a majority in the Senate. A bipartisan group of senators are working on a bill that would strengthen background checks, improve mental health services, and bolster school security.
The May 24 elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and the May 14 racist rampage at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, are unlikely to drum up enough support for the bill passed by the House, according to political analysts.
There were 19 children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, while 10 people were killed in a black neighborhood in Buffalo. Two young men were carrying assault rifles and were 18 years old.
The parents of the victims, law enforcement officials and an 11-year-old Uvalde shooting survivor appeared before Congress to urge them to pass new gun laws.
The mother of a slain 10-year-old told legislators that she doesn't want her daughter remembered as just a number.
She was kind and athletic. She was shy unless she had something to say. There is a mom listening to our testimony and not knowing that our reality will one day be hers. We need to act now.
Senate leaders Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., andMitch McConnell, R-Ky., supported bipartisan talks in the upper chamber on a narrower set of new firearm rules.
Chris Murphy is a Democrat from Connecticut and John Cornyn is a Republican from Texas
Red flag laws allow family members, co-workers or police to petition a court to seize an individual's weapons if they are deemed to be a threat to themselves or the public.
The bipartisan Senate ideas are the best way for Democrats to get any gun legislation to the desk of the president. The president met with Murphy on Tuesday to discuss the bipartisan negotiations that have been going on for some time.
Biden supports red-flag laws and more rigorous background checks, according to the White House.
Jean-Pierre said that not every component of the president's proposal is going to stop tragedies. We have to move forward and we have to do something.
Despite overwhelming support from congressional Democrats and the White House, new gun legislation faces difficult odds in the Senate, since the vast majority of Republicans would never vote for even slightly more restrictive gun bills.
Cornyn struck an upbeat tone on the cross-party talks despite acknowledging that political reality from the Senate floor.
Steady progress is being made on this topic. He said that he was optimistic about where things stood at this point. What do I think is going to happen? The bill will get a signature from President Biden if we pass it in the Senate. It will be the law.
Ensuring young adults have access to mental health services is one of the things the Texas Republican is focused on.
A law that would require states to upload juvenile records into the national instant criminal background check system is one of the ideas under consideration.
The young man in Uvalde passed a background check because he didn't have a look back at his juvenile record. Cornyn said it was as if he were born on his 18th birthday. That is an issue.
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