The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Wednesday, moving the legislation on to the Senate floor. The bill includes Ethan鈥檚 Law, legislation named after a who fatally shot himself by accident with an unsecured gun at a neighbor鈥檚 house. Ethan鈥檚 Law, passed in 2019, regulates the storage of firearms 鈥� loaded and unloaded 鈥� in residential homes occupied by minors.
The Protecting Our Kids Act also increases the federal age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, establishes offenses for the production and possession of large-capacity magazines, and applies existing gun laws to firearms built at home, among other new restrictions.
If the act passes the Senate, not much would change in 海角换妻, which has most of these regulations in place. Rather, 海角换妻 would be used as a model for the rest of the nation.
According to the Giffords Law Center, there are no current for firearm locking devices.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about we the people expressing our desire for freedom, to not be separated from our children by a bullet unnecessarily,鈥� Mike Song, Ethan鈥檚 father, said at a news conference Wednesday. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a freedom for us to have a gun locked up so that a Parkland or Sandy Hook can never happen again.鈥�
The Protecting Our Kids Act was passed by the House in response to the recent shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde with a 223-204 vote. Just five House Republicans voted in favor of the bill, which is expected to face difficulty in the evenly split Senate.
The legislation would require 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster, meaning 10 Republican senators would have to vote against party lines. While unlikely, bipartisan negotiations are underway.
鈥淭oday is a victory. Let us not think about what we can鈥檛 get done today,鈥� said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a 海角换妻 Democrat.
鈥淲e weren鈥檛 sure yesterday that we could get done what we're doing today,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd we will move to tomorrow, making sure we keep at this. That鈥檚 the way things get done. That鈥檚 the way legislation gets passed.鈥�
