President Joe Biden said he would sign a framework bill on gun control and urged Congress to pass the measure on Sunday.
The measure, which is backed by 10 Republicans in the Senate, would eliminate the straw purchasing of firearms, fund mental health resources for families and children, enhance protections of domestic violence victims, and increase funding for school safety, and initiatives around mental health.
Notably, the framework bill includes a so-called red flag provision, and it allows for “resources to states and tribes to create and administer laws that help ensure deadly weapons are kept out of the hands of individuals whom a court has determined to be a significant danger to themselves or others,” according to a news release on Sunday….