When citizens are sacrificed every week, Congress is urged to pass related laws.
“Constitution guarantees firearms” Republican and Supreme Court opposing opaque
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In Atlanta and Colorado in the US, a firearms incident every week has resulted in the death of ordinary citizens, leading to a move to tighten firearms regulations. President Joe Biden is urging Congress to immediately pass a bill to stop gun victims, while also considering measures that can be immediately implemented under the presidency of the president.
President Biden said at the White House, “We cannot delay an hour or even a minute to take common-sense measures to save lives in the future.” Local time) reported.
President Biden urged, “Because firearms are a matter for the whole of the United States, not a partisan, we have to act.”
He then expressed his condolences, saying, “My wife and I feel terrible,” and “It is difficult to even imagine what kind of sadness the victims’ families will have.”
President Biden also mentioned the first policeman who died in the Colorado Mart. Marked.
President Biden did not comment on the specific case, but the New York Times (NYT) reported that he spoke with the Governor of Colorado, the Attorney General, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and said he would continue to discuss solutions.
White House spokesman Jen Saki met with reporters and explained that “President Biden is considering issuing several executive orders that do not require parliamentary resolution to stop the firearms incident.”
President Biden promised to pass the Firearms Safety Act during the election process, but spent several months after taking office, prioritizing economic stimulus and vaccination following the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Then, on the 22nd, 10 people were killed at the Colorado Mart, and on the 16th of the same month earlier, 8 people, including 4 Korean Americans, were killed in the shootings.
The U.S. has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world, and the mortality rate from firearms incidents and accidents continues to rise compared to other developed countries. There are statistics that 43,000 people were killed in firearms only last year, Reuters reported.
Regulations that President Biden can implement immediately without going through Congress include strengthening background checks when purchasing guns, and allocating federal budgets to states that regulate guns.
There are also claims that consumers should crack down on so-called’ghost guns’, which are excluded from regulations such as ready-made products by purchasing parts and making them by hand.
Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, an anti-guns group, urged, “If the Biden administration is making gun control a policy priority, it should issue an executive order that can be issued today.”
The political landscape of parliament has also changed as the Democrats take over as the vice president of the Senate casting boat.
Senate leader Chuck Schumer of the Democratic Party emphasized that “we will have a debate over ways to resolve gun violence,” and “it will be different from the previous Senate.”
However, since the quorum for passing the Senate is 60 votes, it is unclear whether or not it will pass the final gate because the bill can only be passed if more than 10 people leave the Republican Party.
In the meantime, Republicans and some citizens of the United States have also opposed the passage of the bill, claiming that possession of firearms is a constitutional right, and the American Firearms Association (NRA) has also been lobbying extensively to block the bill.
It is also a stumbling block that even if it passes Congress, there is a high possibility that conservative and progressive Supreme Court judges will conclude unconstitutional in the six-to-three federal Supreme Court.
“The philosophical difference in gun control between Republicans and Democrats is deep-rooted between the Republican Party and Democrats,” said Senate Representative Mitch McConnell of the Republican Party.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]
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