Deal seems to include measures applauded by advocates of gong control, while also appealing to those worried about preserving second amendment rights. It's so difficult to get any kind of gun rules or laws changed in america on the state level, never mind the federal level. And it eainly the first major agreement among senators on both sides of the isle in three decades.
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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