Biden signs bipartisan gun measure negotiated by Sen. John Cornyn after Uvalde shooting
President Joe Biden looks at a crowd chanting do something as he departs from Sacred Heart Catholic Church after attending Mass in Uvalde on May 29, 2022. Biden on Saturday signed into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a safety measure to address gun violence., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
"Today, we say more than enough. We say more than enough,” Biden said at the White House. “At a time when it seems impossible to get anything done in Washington, we are doing something consequential.", R-Texas, in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. That shooting had come less than two weeks after a massacre in a Buffalo supermarket that left 10 people dead.
Current federal statutes prohibit firearm purchases for those convicted of committing domestic violence against spouses or partners who live together or share a child. To close the loophole, the new law will leave to the courts the contours of expanding how to define and include dating partners who commit such abuse.
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