"This is the most significant gun law of the past 30 years."
American President Joe Biden said this when he signed the law for a tightening on weapons approved in recent days by the Senate and the House.
The bipartisan bill that passed the first procedural vote on Capitol Hill is not the radical change demanded by the Democrats but is nonetheless a signal that a part of the Republican pro-arms bloc at any cost is crumbling .
It provides for the strengthening of controls on the profile of those who want to buy a weapon and are under the age of 21 , incentives for States that have adopted the "red-flag laws" (which allow the removal of weapons from persons reported as dangerous for themselves or for others), investments in safety in schools . For the first time, the measure prohibits the purchase of weapons not only to husbands who have committed domestic abuse but also, more generally, "to long-term partners".
"This law does not achieve everything I want but provides for a series of measures that I have been calling for for years and that will save lives - said Biden, citing some of the limits established by the bipartisan squeeze on weapons -. Today for the first time we are doing something. concrete, there is still a lot of work to do and I will not give up, but this is a historic day ".
(Unioneonline / D)