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Biden urges ban on assault-style weapons and gun age limits

Addressing the nation after a spate of mass shootings, Mr Biden said too many places had become "killing fields".

He said if a ban was not possible the age limit for buying such weapons should at least go up from 18 to 21.

But deadlock on the issue between Republicans and Democrats in Congress means progress is seen as unlikely.

In order for any laws to pass, Republicans in the Senate need to back them, which is unlikely because they defend access to guns as a constitutional right for every American.

Even if some are privately sympathetic to stricter gun controls, as one analyst suggested to the BBC, they may also fear the electoral consequences of supporting them.............

..................The Democratic-led Protecting Our Kids Act combines eight different gun control bills, and includes many of the proposals Mr Biden spoke of on Thursday.

The bill may pass the House next week, but is not expected to clear the Senate.

Republicans, who make up half the seats in the 100-seat chamber, consider access to guns a constitutional right for every American. Most laws require require 60 votes to pass.

Matt Bennett from the Democratic think tank Third Way, told the BBC that many Senate Republicans - while privately sympathetic to stricter gun controls - feared losing votes to more right-wing pro-gun candidates more than they feared losing to Democrats.

Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court is deliberating on one of the nation's most restrictive gun laws, in New York, that places tight restrictions on who can carry a gun in public....................

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61678983
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