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In the United States, more than 40 people have been killed in mass shootings so far this month.
US President Biden announced that he would promote again at the end of this year the key details of gun control that were missing in the process of agreement between the opposition parties and the opposition parties.
Correspondent Lee Yong-joo in New York.
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5 dead in Colorado nightclub.
6 dead in Virginia supermarket.
This month, until just before Thanksgiving, there have been 32 mass shootings in the United States, with more than 40 deaths.
President Biden, who emphasized the need for more action in a series of gun accidents, strongly criticized gun advocacy.
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“The idea that we should still be able to buy and sell semi-automatic weapons is disgusting.
The gun control law passed by the US Congress in June includes stricter background checks on buyers under the age of 21 and provisions to prevent dangerous people from owning them.
However, it did not ban the sale of semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines.
This is the core of gun control that President Biden has strongly demanded, but was dropped in the process of negotiating with the Republican Party, which opposed excessive regulation.
Before the start of the second half of his term, President Biden announced that he would revive the lost regulation.
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“I’ll try. I’m trying to get rid of threatening weapons. I’ll do it any time.”
The chances of passing are not high.
This is because the opposition of the Republican Party is still there, and the majority of the House of Representatives will move to the Republican Party from next year.
The local media reported that 607 shootings have been counted this year, until recently, and if this trend continues, it is very likely that the record of the year before last, which was the worst ever, will be surpassed.
This is Lee Yong-ju from New York at MBC News.
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