The US Senate has voted to nullify part of the gun control law that prevents people in advanced stages of mental illness from buying firearms.
The lawmakers passed the bill in a 57-43 vote on Wednesday, sending it to President Donald Trump, who is likely to sign it into law.
The law allows over 750,000 people, who are considered too mentally ill or otherwise unable to manage their own disability benefits, to freely purchase guns.
The administration of former President Barack Obama had required the Social Security Administration to report the names of those people to the national background check system consulted by gun stores before selling someone a gun.
Obama’s law went into effect this January but did not require compliance until December.
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut was one of the lawmakers who spoke in opposition of the Wednesday vote.
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