Senate negotiators announce outline of gun violence agreement in US

The compromise would make the juvenile records of gun buyers under the age of 21 available when they undergo background checks

Thousands of schoolbooks and broken pencils, representing children killed by gun violence in the US, laid out near The Capitol. Picture: Susan Walsh/AP

Senate negotiators have announced a bipartisan framework responding to last month’s mass shootings in the US.

The proposal represents a modest breakthrough, offering measured gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and mental health programmes.