WASHINGTON - The House passed two bills Thursday that would tighten gun sales regulations, sending the measures to a divided Senate. H.R. 8 would expand background checks on individuals seeking to ...

Separate legislation, H.R. 1446, introduced by Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and called the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, passed 218-210 would close what’s known as the ...

The name of the bill — the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 — might be a stretch, since the bill passed the House on March 11 by a vote of 227-203, mostly along partisan lines.

Gun Bills, Including Expanded Background Checks, ... Correction March 11, 2021. A previous version of this story incorrectly said the Charleston, S.C., mass shooting took place in 2019.

Published March 11, 2021 Updated June 18, 2021. ... “Let’s not rely on a pandemic to do what we ought to have done so long ago. Let’s pass these bills and reduce gun violence the right way. ...

Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R. 8) The second major gun reform bill passed by the House and awaiting action in the Senate would significantly expand background checks for all gun ...

In the past seven years , Colorado instituted one new gun law. Lawmakers passed six times that amount in one legislative session, and on Saturday, Gov. Jared Polis signed three of the bills into law.

President Biden signed the most significant gun control bill in 30 years into law Saturday after it passed through Congress with bipartisan support. “Lives will be saved,” Biden said.

Senate Bill 73 / House Bill 259: Mandate universal background checks for all gun purchases with limited exceptions. Status: No hearings since introduction in February / April 2021.

Gun bills aren’t novel in North Carolina, but there weren’t too many major changes until 2023. Since then, the pace of legislation has picked up. ... In 2021, the U.S. Supreme ...

Where Washington stands. In 2021, guns played a role in the deaths of 896 people in Washington, a rate of 11.2 deaths for every 100,000 residents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...