US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 4US President Joe Biden said that despite «the first major change» in gun laws in 30 years, there is still much to be done to overcome the «epidemic of gun violence» and vowed not to give up. a significant bipartisan project in the field of gun law reform, including actions that will save lives, but there is much more to be done, and I will not give up in the fight against the epidemic of gun violence, «Biden said in a statement in connection with the mass shooting in suburban Chicago. The United States celebrates Independence Day on July 4th. A shooting at a holiday parade in Highland Park in suburban Chicago, Illinois, killed six people and injured at least 24. Police are looking for a white man aged 18-20, according to eyewitnesses, he acted alone and fired several dozen shots. The shooting in Highland Park, according to analysts, was the 11th such incident over the holiday weekend. Biden signed into law in late June a law to tighten gun control, formulated and approved by Congress after the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uwald. Norma was called the most radical change in 30 years. The President of the United States promised that the adoption of the law will be marked with a large-scale event at the White House on July 11. arms control are designed to keep the United States safe and reduce gun violence. The bill, in particular, tightens checks on potential gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21, encourages states to adopt regulations that allow persons deemed dangerous to society to be denied possession of handguns and rifles, and funds school safety and youth counseling programs. The issue of gun violence came to the attention of the US authorities after two tragedies in May — an armed attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, where 10 people were killed, and a mass shooting at the Uwalde elementary school, where the perpetrator killed 19 children and two teachers.
U.S. School Shootings in 2021-2022
