The Senate on Tuesday made meaningful progress toward passing the first major federal gun safety legislation in a generation. It could pass the Senate by week’s end, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, and would then go onto the House. Now, the law will bar anyone who is convicted of a domestic violence crime against someone they have a “continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature” with from having a gun. It will, however, allow those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes to restore their gun rights after five years if they haven’t committed other crimes. It will, however, allow those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes to restore their gun rights after five years if they haven’t committed other crimes.

Source: CNN June 22, 2022 15:34 UTC