Outline prepared for the passage of the Gun Control Bill in the US Senate



In the United States, the gun control bill is set to pass the Senate. Earlier, the bill was passed in the lower house. Efforts are being made to enact legislation that both houses can agree on.
Demands for a gun control bill were raised across the country after a spate of shootings in the United States. Efforts are now underway to get the bill passed in both houses of the US Congress after millions of people protested over the weekend in favor of the gun control bill. The bill was passed with the support of six MPs in the lower house, but stalled because the ruling Democratic Party did not have a majority in the upper house.
Forty senators, including 10 from the opposition Republican Party, issued a statement saying the bill was being considered for approval in both houses. The bill passed in the lower house is likely to be introduced in the upper house if some amendments are made. Negotiators, who have been tasked with persuading senators from both parties to enact a gun control law, said lawmakers from both parties would agree on a number of key issues, such as the age of 21 to buy a gun and the ban on 15 rounds of gunfire.
Amid reports that the two houses would agree, the National Rifle Association said in a statement displeased with the bill, saying guns were a "fundamental right of every American to safety." However, the statement said that some changes are needed for the security of schools and colleges.

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