Bipartisan Gun Control Bill Unveiled by the Senate

Dr. Munr Kazmir
4 min readJun 12, 2022

Will it pass?

Washington DC, June 11, 2022. The March for Our Lives Rally at the Washington Monument. (photo: Susan Melkisethian)

Bipartisan Group of Senators Announce Agreement,” began a press statement released by the group.

With great trepidation, voters and elected representatives of both parties greedily read through the bill, which will likely face a vote soon in the Senate.

Whether or not the bill will clear the first hurdle- that is getting 60 Senators to vote to pass it- is far from certain, however.

If the bill does manage to pass the Senate, the Democratic Party-controlled House of Representatives may be inclined to follow suit after a spate of mass shootings shook the U.S. recently.

President Joe Biden has indicated his willingness to sign sensible gun control measures into law, though he will likely criticize the bill for not going nearly far enough to curb gun violence in America.

It is a criticism sure to be echoing across the internet tomorrow, and across the insulate echo-chambers of social media platforms tonight.

The bill does nothing to ban assault weapons and does not raise the minimum age required to purchase a rifle.

Likewise, Republicans are scanning the bill for any sign of their biggest objections, namely red-flag laws they argue are extra-judicial, lack the oversight…

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