{"id":1530820,"date":"2022-06-28T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530820"},"modified":"2022-06-28T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:00:39","slug":"biden-signs-gun-control-bill-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-gun-control-bill-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Signs Gun Control Bill Into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-signs-gun-control-bill-into-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> on June 25 signed into law the biggest gun control measure introduced in the United States in decades, after the bipartisan bill cleared both houses of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there 30 years ago, the last time this nation passed meaningful gun safety laws, and I\u2019m here today for the most significant law to be passed since then,\u201d Biden said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1540675672598712324\">June 25 press conference<\/a> at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, called the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22065925-gun-bill-text\">Bipartisan Safer Communities Act<\/a>, passed the House on June 24 in a 234\u2013193 vote following Senate approval a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Key provisions of the bill include expanding federal background checks for buyers between the ages of 18 and 21, adding incentives for states to adopt so-called red flag laws, expanding access to mental health programs, and enhancing school security in a bid to prevent mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this bill doesn\u2019t do everything I want, it does include actions I\u2019ve long called for that are going to save lives,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation comes on the heels of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, which left 10 people dead, and Uvalde, Texas, where 21 people were fatally shot, including 19 children.\u00a0Both gunmen were 18 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when it seems impossible to get anything done in Washington, we are doing something consequential,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) both support the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Rifle Association (NRA) reacted to Biden\u2019s signing of the bill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRA\/status\/1540676952650002432?s=20&#038;t=2WZUHKFxFS3fftLn2cBttw\">in a post on Twitter:<\/a> \u201cMake no mistake, behind the fa\u00e7ade and the contrived talking points of safety, school security, and mental health, THIS IS A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gun-control-bill\">GUN CONTROL BILL<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NRA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nra\/status\/1539379523145310209\">earlier stated its opposition<\/a>\u00a0to the measure, arguing that it \u201cdoes little to truly address violent crime while opening the door to unnecessary burdens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden on June 25 signed into law the biggest gun control measure introduced in the United States in decades, after the bipartisan bill cleared both houses of Congress. \u201cI was there 30 years ago, the last time this nation passed meaningful gun safety laws, and I\u2019m here today for the most significant law [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1530820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}