# Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

> The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for red-flag laws and mental health.

Joe Biden · Justice & Civil Liberties · Legislation · Jun 25, 2022
Official record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan_Safer_Communities_Act

## What happened

The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for red-flag laws and mental health, and closing the 'boyfriend loophole.'

## How it happened

Passed with bipartisan support after the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings; signed June 25, 2022.

## Documented impact

- [positive / substantiated] Broke a decades-long legislative stalemate on guns. — Expanded checks for young buyers and funded state crisis-intervention programs while surviving as a rare bipartisan deal.
- [mixed / substantiated] Far narrower than gun-control advocates sought. — It omitted an assault-weapons ban and universal background checks; gun-rights groups still opposed it.

## Sources

- [Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan_Safer_Communities_Act)

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