
Demonstrators join the "March for Our Lives" rally in Los Angeles, California
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)US campaigners have welcomed a potential bipartisan deal cracking down on new gun control safety measures but say the proposals don’t go far enough.
The plan includes support for “red flag” laws keeping firearms from potentially dangerous people, tougher criminal background checks for gun buyers under age 21 and a crackdown on “straw purchases” by people buying weapons for others who could not pass a background check.