CRESTWOOD, Ky. — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday made the first step towards passing a bipartisan measure aimed at gun safety. The law takes aim at, among other things, keeping firearms out of the hands of those who are deemed dangerous to themselves or others.

Perry Cooke, the co-owner of Genesys Tactical, said he sees this first hand in his shop. Last week, Cooke mentioned having to report a customer to the FBI based on suspicious questions he was asking when trying to purchase a gun.

Every time someone purchases a gun, Cooke said, the customers are also responsible for filling out a background check.

“This is probably the most time-consuming part, but we do believe it’s very important,” Cooke said. “As a gun shop, we completely support background checks. We think it’s very important we know whoever is buying the firearm.”

It’s the first step in what the Senate hopes to accomplish: enhancing background checks. In a 64-34 vote, the 80-page bill called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed an initial vote opening debate in the Senate, but still has a couple more votes to go before final passage. It’ll then advance to the House of Representatives.

Cooke is in favor of the bill for a host of reasons.

“If it passes and they do a good job of enforcing the background checks, we’d be for that,” Cooke said. “Obviously, making folks have to go to a gun store to sell a gun, we would gain revenue from that because more people would have to come into the gun shop.”

The bill would require more thorough reviews of those between the ages of 18 to 21 who want to buy a gun, increase funding for mental health programs, close the so-called “boyfriend loophole,” require gun sellers to register as federally licensed firearm dealers and fund more school security.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), one of the lead negotiators for the bill, detailed all of its contents in a Twitter thread.

Perhaps most notably, the bill would administer $750 million towards helping states implement red flag laws—which would allow courts to seize guns from people deemed dangerous.

That last part is something Cooke has some concerns with as an Army veteran, serving 27 years between the reserves and active duty.

“The biggest point of its ability to be abused,” Cooke said. “A lot of my friends are working through mental issues that are very vigilant and that they would never harm anyone with their firearm, but some of these red flag laws would allow someone to just be like, ‘Hey, I think he’s dangerous.’”

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act would also create new federal statutes against gun trafficking and straw trafficking.