Nor does it expand background checks to all gun show sales. The Senate bill, now signed into law, does not include renewing the assault weapons ban that, for a decade, lowered deaths in mass shootings, and would have prevented many more in the years since the Senate declined to renew it in 2004. The outcry was even enough to motivate some Republican senators - enough for the 60 votes needed to surmount a filibuster and pass a new gun control law. Then an armed man was arrested at the home of a Supreme Court justice. After the execution of 19 elementary schoolers in Texas and a hospital shooting in Oklahoma in May, there were shootings at a graduation party and a nightclub during the first weekend in June. With more than 22,000 deaths by gun reported by July 4 this year, it is not surprising that people are looking for quick solutions. gun laws are causing mayhem - and Republicans couldn't be more thrilled Red flag laws may help, but they seem likely either to cast too wide a net or to miss key individuals, given that mental health is not a strong predictor of becoming a mass shooter. But would the Highland Park shooter's online record of participating in "death fetish" culture sites and making art featuring mass killing have been enough for a judge to order seizure of his guns? The Guardian reports that just one Reddit website featuring gruesome death videos has more than 400,000 subscribers, most of whom will never shoot anyone. This attack is bound to renew calls for more "red flag" laws that would help identify and disarm emotionally or mentally unstable persons who are making threats of gun violence or praising mass murderers. Survivors report a rain of bullets at the height of the attack. The shooter who attacked a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing six people and wounding at least 38 others, used a "high-powered rifle," according to authorities. As we celebrated Independence Day, there was no independence from the scourge of gun violence and the toll it is taking on the American psyche.
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