The US Senate has passed a gun control bill the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years.
Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33.
It follows mass shootings last month at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left a combined 31 people dead.
The bill will next have to clear the House of Representatives before President Biden can sign it into law.
This could happen within days. END
