Joe Biden signs into law landmark gun control bill

Key Facts

Image source, EPA Image caption, Joe Biden said the new legislation would help to "save lives" The most significant US gun control bill in nearly 30 years has been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
- Tougher background checks for buyers younger than 21 $15bn (£12.2bn) in federal funding for mental health programs and school security upgrades Funding to encourage states to implement "red flag" laws to remove firearms from people considered a threat * Closing the so-called "boyfriend loophole" by banning all those convicted of domestic abuse from owning a gun - not just those who are married to their victims or live with them.
It has the highest rate of firearms deaths among the world's wealthy nations - more than 20,900 people have been killed in gun violence in the US this year, according to Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit research group.
The last significant federal gun control legislation was passed in 1994, banning the manufacture for civilian use of assault rifles and large capacity magazines - but it expired a decade later.