The most significant action the federal government has taken on gun control has been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill was signed by President Joe Biden. This photo was taken by the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
It is a "monumental day" for America and "lives will be saved", said Biden before he signed the bill.
The president's signature clears the way for new federal grants to encourage states to pass red-flag laws, enhance background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21, and close theboyfriend loophole, which allowed non-spousal domestic abusers to own guns.
The bill includes $11 billion to improve mental health programs, as well as a new statute making gun traffickers a federal crime.
"While this bill doesn't do everything I want, it does include actions that are going to save lives," Biden said.
The bill did not include measures to raise the age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21 and ban high-capacity magazines.
After the Senate approved the legislation Thursday night, the House passed the bill by a wide margin. More than a third of Republican senators voted in favor of the bill in the Senate. One month and one day after a massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Biden's signature came. The bipartisan legislation led by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) was the focus of the meeting. The bill's text was released on Tuesday.
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