23 June 2022

Guns still take priority over safety, despite closure of “boyfriend loophole”

Though a bipartisan US Senate agreement has led to some action it has created new concerns, experts say.

Sen. Chris Murphy speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chambers of the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2022. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A bipartisan group of senators this week finally reached an agreement on gun control legislation, releasing the text of a bill that could become law as early as next week.

“Today, we finalised bipartisan, commonsense legislation to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country,” several senators said in a joint statement. “Our legislation will save lives and will not infringe on any law-abiding American’s Second Amendment rights. We look forward to earning broad, bipartisan support and passing our commonsense legislation into law.”