Senators reflect on impact of first major bipartisan gun legislation in nearly 30 years.
Sinema said she was inspired to take action after hearing Murphy's impassioned speech to Congress following the Uvalde shooting, as well as seeing Cornyn fly home to Texas tovisit the city. This prompted a lengthy texting chain among the senators, ultimately resulting in the creation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
However, what's key for Tillis — who faced pushback from the North Carolina Republican Party for his involvement in the act and other bipartisan initiatives — is that denials are still rare. He said over 107,000 people under the age of 21 have applied to purchase a gun since the bill was implemented and 99.8% of them have been approved.
The legislation also faced challenges in reconciling state funding for"red flag laws" while ensuring due process rights for gun owners. "This was probably one of the last things we ended up getting done," Murphy said."And those due process rights that now apply to every blue state, in addition to every red state, are in there because people like Thom were driving a hard bargain."
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