NEW: President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings.
Senator Chris Murphy, lawmaker from Sandy Hook district, pleads for gun control after Texas shooting
During an impassioned speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, Murphy said hearts in his state where 26 school children and educators were killed a decade ago are breaking for the families in Texas.that restricted peoples’ ability to carry concealed weapons. While the bill does not include tougher restrictions that Democrats have long championed, such as a ban on assault-type weapons and background checks for all gun transactions, it is the most impactful firearms violence measure from Congress since enacting a now-expired assault weapons ban in 1993."While this bill doesn’t do everything I want, it does include actions I’ve long called for that will save lives," Biden said.
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