New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement after President Joseph Biden signed the bipartisan bill that aims to tackle some of the causes of gun violence across the United States:
“I applaud President Biden, our New York delegation, and the House and Senate leaders who put politics aside to take real action to stem the tide of gun violence in America. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is an important step in the right direction, and one of the few productive measures Congress has taken in decades towards ending the scourge of gun violence facing our city and country.
“While the U.S. Supreme Court may have opened up a river leading to the sea of gun violence this week, this law dams another one of those rivers by incentivizing red flag laws, enhancing background checks, strengthening penalties to deter straw purchasing and trafficking, providing additional funding, and more. This is why I pushed for each of these measures when I testified before Congress earlier this month.
“While this is a historic achievement, it must be just the beginning of federal progress. I will continue to work with our federal leaders on more bipartisan proposals to end gun violence and look forward to doing so as soon as possible.”
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