The Promises and Pitfalls of the New Gun Law

The Daily

President Biden has heralded the recent gun safety bill as the most significant federal attempt to reduce gun violence in 30 years.

But after a gunman opened fire from a rooftop onto a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, questions abound about what the landmark legislation will — and will not — achieve.

Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, a Washington correspondent covering health policy for The New York Times.

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Background reading:

• Six people were killed and dozens more wounded in the deadly shooting at a parade in Highland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. The police have taken a 22-year-old man into custody.
• Gun violence researchers have waged an often-frustrating battle to translate their findings into public policy.
• Here’s what is in the gun safety law — officially called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — and what was left out.

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