Biden Celebration Of New Gun Law Clouded By Latest Shooting
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President Biden hosted hundreds of guests on the South Lawn, including a bipartisan group of lawmakers who crafted and supported the legislation.
President Joe Biden welcomed a crowd to the White House lawn on Monday to showcase a new law meant to reduce gun violence, saying the measure represents "real progress" after years of inaction. But he also acknowledged that more has to be done in a country "awash in weapons of war" — as the 16-day-old law already has been overshadowed by yet another horrific mass shooting.
The bill, passed after recent gun rampages in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, incrementally toughens requirements for young people to buy guns, denies firearms to more domestic abusers, and helps local authorities temporarily take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.
But the "celebration" Monday morning came a week after a gunman in Highland Park, Illinois, killed seven people at an Independence Day parade, a stark reminder of the limitations of the new law in addressing the American phenomenon of mass gun violence. And it comes as Democratic governors have taken up the mantle of offering outrage in the face of gun violence.
