OnPolitics: One year after Uvalde, House GOP members want to repeal bipartisan gun reform

Hi there OnPolitics readers.

Today marks one year since the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. And while Congress passed the largest gun reform bill in three decades in the weeks following the massacre – the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – not much has changed since.

Now, some House Republicans are pushing to repeal measures from the landmark legislation and other additional measures.

What is the Shall Not be Infringed Act?: Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado introduced the bill to repeal all “gun control provisions and every Second Amendment Infringement” passed from early 2021 to early 2023 and signed into law by President Joe Biden.

Why it matters: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act expanded background checks on gun buyers younger than 21 to include their mental health and juvenile justice records and added required waiting period of 10 business days for the seller and authorities to complete the review, in addition to incentivizing states to pass red flag laws. It would all be rescinded under the bill.

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✨ For subscribers: Her sister died in the Uvalde shooting. One year later, she's still fighting for change.

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