tags - Sinar Daily

US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to tighten gun control measures - FILEPIC

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz - AFP photo

Biden has scored a series of victories, allowing the White House to project a message that Democrats are focused on helping ordinary people. - AFP Photo

Messages of healing are written in chalk on the sidewalk in front of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, site of a prayer vigil for the victims of the July 4 shooting in Highland Park, Illinois on July 5, 2022. - (Photo by MAX HERMAN / AFP)

Law enforcement escorts a family away from the scene of a shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois.- AFP

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - JULY 04: Cmdr. Chris O'Neill of the Highland Park Police speaks to the media after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/AFP)

The reforms -- which are almost certain to be rubber-stamped by the House of Representatives on Friday -- fall short of the demands of gun safety advocates and President Joe Biden, but have been hailed as a life-saving breakthrough after almost 30 years of inaction by Congress. AFP pic

Illustration photo. Source: 123RF

Demonstrators join the "March for Our Lives" rally at Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Florida, on June 11, 2022. - AFP

US President Joe Biden speaks about the recent mass shootings and urges Congress to pass laws to combat gun violence at the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington DC on June 2, 2022. - AFP