Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Bill, Ending Years of Stalemate

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan gun bill intended to prevent dangerous people from accessing firearms and invest in mental health across the country, breaking through years of stalemate over whether to toughen the nation’s gun laws.

Mr. Biden signed the bill a day after it cleared the House, and two days after it passed the Senate, where a small bipartisan group of senators labored to reach a compromise that could break a Republican filibuster, a hurdle that has long stymied any effort to change gun laws.

Passage of the legislation came one 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 reeling from a racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. And while Mr. Biden acknowledged that the bill fell far short of the sweeping gun control measures he had pushed for, he noted that it included some long-sought priorities.

“God willing,” Mr. Biden said as he put his pen down, “it’s going to save a lot of lives.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/us/politics/gun-control-bill-biden.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

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Short article. Done.

[moniss]

1. The very meager

parts of this dealing with guns will be immediately challenged by the GQP/NRA and likely blocked until the SC can have their opportunity to kill it. They love killing things and people. It's what they do best.

[Tetrachloride]

2. "Ending years of stalemate " ???? Ending ????

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The headline and actual article quote are somewhat different and have a different meaning

From the article -

breaking through years of stalemate over whether to toughen the nation’s gun laws.

I suppose the writer of the headline wanted to truncate it "for maximum effect".

But "breaking through" would have been the better term to use because there has been a "stalemate" since 1994 - and notably since 2004, when they were unable to agree to renew the AWB.

[paleotn]

4. That will accomplish little other than give Repulitrash political cover.

[LiberalArkie]

5. But what does the bill accomplish?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. I think the most significant thing out of it

is the requiring a background check for "under 21", some enhancement and strengthening of penalties for "straw purchases" and "gun trafficking" (including provisions for confiscating property), and the "domestic violence" piece, which many who have been victims of domestic violence, have been begging for, for many years. The rest of it is just funneling money to states for various programs.

The text is here - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938/text?format=txt

[bucolic_frolic]

7. It will help root out some serious potential criminals, who have been a pattern

The very passage of the law also alerts citizens to be alert. I have thought all along that wives, sisters, girlfriends, mothers would be a path to find the afflicted. It's been spotty, I think, and I don't know if there is even any study of crimes that have been prevented as plans are thwarted. But if you see something, say something. Think.

[Lil Liberal Laura]

8. It's a Step

Not a leap. And I'm frankly surprised even this much got done.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. We are lucky to have a leader like President Biden

Link to tweet

[Cha]

10. TY BRDS & Pres Bidnen!

💙💛

[Rhiannon12866]

11. K&R for the POTUS!!!

He's really stepped up to the plate in these difficult times!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. And then after he signed that, he was headed for Marine One (that was "waiting" )

to take him to AF1 so he could go fly off to the G7 meeting abroad!

Busy busy!!