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The regulations issued by the Justice Department aim to close loopholes in a law enacted in June 2022, following a series of deadly shootings.
Published on 08/31/2023 23:57
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Semi-automatic shotguns displayed in a store in Austin, Texas (United States), on August 25, 2023. (BRANDON BELL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
The administration of US President Joe Biden announced Thursday, August 31, a strengthening of the regulation of the firearms trade in order to force sellers to verify the profile of buyers.
The regulations issued by the Justice Department aim to close loopholes in a law signed into law in June 2022 with the support of the Biden administration, following a series of deadly shootings.
These rules aim to clarify the definition of persons “involved in trade” weapons, to induce sellers to acquire a license and thus oblige them to check the criminal and psychological background of their buyers.
They also increase control over the trade in collectible guns and allow the government to better track the movement of registered guns from one owner to another.
44,374 people killed by firearms in 2022
The United States has more individual weapons than inhabitants, mainly because of the ease with which Americans have access to them. One in three adults owns at least one weapon and almost one in two adults lives in a household where there is a weapon.
The consequence of this proliferation is the very high rate of death by firearm in the United States, without comparison with that of other developed countries.
According to the NGO Gun Violence Archive, 44,374 people were killed by firearm in 2022 in the United States, with a slight decline this year, to 28,793 deaths for the first eight months of 2023.
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