The framework would close the boy friend loophole, so that no domestic abuser can buy a gun if they are convicted of abuse against their partner. No one truly expected this reform to be sweeping. Guncontrolled advocates at best hoped for incremental change. But over all, americans have been lowering their support for stricter gun laws.
Mass shootings in Buffalo, Tulsa and Uvalde appear to have broken a longstanding impasse over federal gun laws. A bipartisan group of senators has laid out a legislative framework—but whether that turns into an actual bill remains unclear. Scientists are rethinking what might constitute the building blocks of extraterrestrial life. And why people seem to love boring video games.
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