Tag: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Rep. Boebert Sets Her Sights on Repealing All Gun Control Laws Signed by Biden

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has introduced HR 3212, the “Shall. Not. Be. Infringed. Act.,” to restore what she considers to be rights lost under the Biden administration. “It gets rid of all the unconstitutional laws passed under Nancy Pelosi and signed by (President) Joe Biden,” a spokesman from Boebert’s office told The Epoch Times. The…


Biden Signs Executive Order to Ramp Up Gun Control

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on March 14 to advance gun-control measures, including a step toward universal background checks, as much as current law will allow without requiring new legislation. Biden is set to announce the order in a speech at the site of a Jan. 21, 2023 mass shooting that killed 11…


Biden Uses Sandy Hook Shooting Anniversary to Urge Passage of Gun Control Legislation

On the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, President Joe Biden said that Americans should have “societal guilt” for not appropriately addressing gun violence and called for an assault weapons ban. Biden declared Dec. 14, 2022, a day of remembrance and opened a statement by saying, “Ten years ago today at Sandy Hook…


Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Control Bill

The Senate on June 23 passed a bipartisan package of gun control measures after breaking a filibuster in the chamber earlier in the day. The final Senate floor vote on the 80-page legislation, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, was 65–33. The vote had been expected to be held before a two-week July 4 recess. Earlier in the day,…