Currently, only 19 states and the District of Columbia have red-flag laws.

Highlighting that, the Democratic-controlled House approved sweeping bills this past week barring sales of semiautomatic weapons to people under age 21 and large-capacity magazines, and giving federal courts the power to rule when local authorities want to remove guns from people considered dangerous. None of those proposals has a chance in Congress. One of them, the killing of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, occurred six years ago Sunday.Дemocrats have also wanted to ban high capacity magazines and to expand required background checks to far more gun purchases. AR-15s are popular and powerful semi-automatic weapons that can fire high-capacity magazines and have been used in many of the nationвЂ™s highest-profile slaughters in recent years. These include banning assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 style rifles used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or raising the legal age for buying them. Lawmakers have demonstrated a newfound desire to move ahead after saying their constituents have shown a heightened desire for congressional action since Buffalo and Uvalde, but Republicans still oppose more sweeping steps that Democrats want. The agreement represents a lowest common denominator compromise on gun violence, not a complete sea change in Congress. But underscoring election-year pressures from Buffalo and Uvalde, the partiesвЂ™ shared desire to demonstrate a response to those shootings suggested momentum toward enactment was strong. Congressional aides said billions of dollars would be spent expanding the number of community mental health centers and suicide prevention programs, but said many spending decisions remained unmade.ДЇinalizing the agreement might produce fresh disputes and it was unclear how long that would take. Negotiators said details and legislative language would be written over the coming days. Convicted domestic abusers who do not live with a former partner, such as estranged ex-boyfriends, would be barred from buying firearms, and it would be a crime for a person to legally purchase a weapon for someone who would not qualify for ownership. Some people who informally sell guns for profit would be required to obtain federal dealersвЂ™ licenses, which means they would have to conduct background checks of buyers. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Krysten Sinema, D-Ariz., produced the agreement after two weeks of closed-door talks. вЂњFamilies are scared, and it is our duty to come together and get something done that will help restore their sense of safety and security in their communities,вЂќ the lawmakers said. That is potentially crucial because the biggest obstacle to enacting the measure is probably in the 50-50 Senate, where at least 10 GOP votes will be needed to attain the usual 60-vote threshold for approval. In a consequential development, 20 senators, including 10 Republicans, released a statement calling for passage. Leaders hope to push any agreement into law rapidly - they hope this month - before the political momentum fades that has been stirred by the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

Given the bipartisan support, вЂњthere are no excuses for delay, and no reason why it should not quickly move through the Senate and the House,вЂќ he said.

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