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A cross with the name, Elio Cumana-Rivas, a victim of the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, stands at a makeshift memorial by the mall where several people were killed on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.As someone who learned to hunt wild game at my father’s elbow, and who continues to prowl after wild turkeys, quail and elk at the age of 93, two things about guns are crystal clear to me. First, I maintain strong passions for firearms and the outdoors and, just as importantly, a healthy respect for both.
Such public sentiment is one reason Congress passed a bipartisan bill last summer — the first major federal gun safety legislation since the assault weapons ban of 1994, a law that expired after 10 years. Last year, Republicans and Democrats hammered out the new legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings in a Buffalo, New York supermarket and an elementary school in Uvalde.
· Further strengthening background checks for all gun purchasers, and not just those younger than 21.
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