WASHINGTON – President Biden signed a bipartisan gun law Saturday to prevent dangerous people from accessing firearms and investing in mental health across the country, breaking with years of stagnation over whether to tighten gun laws of the country.
Mr Biden signed the bill a day after the House passed and two days after the Senate passed, where a small bipartisan group of senators worked to reach a compromise that could break Republican obstructionism, an obstacle that has long hindered any effort to change weapons laws.
The passage of the legislation came a month after a horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two teachers dead as the country was already suffering from a racist attack. in a Buffalo supermarket. And while Mr Biden acknowledged that the bill was far below the arms control measures he had sought, he noted that it included some long-sought priorities.
“If God wills,” Mr. Biden said as he left the pen, “it will save many lives.”