What Congress Is Doing on Gun Control
Mass shootings could prompt bipartisan reform bills
Congress hasn’t passed major gun reform legislation since the 1990s, when President Bill Clinton signed into law a tightening of background checks in the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and an assault weapons ban in the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Since then, polarization and pressure from the National Rifle Association and gun lobbyists have stopped even popular changes to the background check system. …
