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The
bipartisan bill came together just weeks after mass shootings in
Uvalde and Buffalo that killed more than 30 people, including 19
children at an elementary school.
The law includes provisions to help states keep guns out of the
hands of those deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. It
also blocks gun sales to those convicted of abusing unmarried
intimate partners and cracks down on gun sales to purchasers
convicted of domestic violence.
The gun bill came the same week as the Supreme Court expanded
gun owners' rights.
Gun control has long been a divisive issue in the nation, with
several attempts to put new controls on gun sales failing time
after time.
Biden, who is looking to improve sagging public approval ratings
ahead of Nov. 8 midterm elections for control of Congress, made
securing victories on gun control a part of his campaign pitch
to voters.
Biden will be joined by survivors and family members of victims
of mass shootings from Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Tucson,
Sandy Hook, Parkland, Santa Fe, Uvalde, Buffalo and Highland
Park, among others, said a White House official, who did not
wish to be named.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Bradley
Perrett)
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