Some of the first details have emerged on the White House’s effort to tackle gun control in the aftermath of last month’s shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. The Washington Post reports the task force overseen by Vice President Joe Biden is mulling proposals including reinstatement of the expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, universal background checks for all gun buyers, a database to track the trajectory of firearms nationwide, more detailed mental health checks, and harsher penalties for carrying a gun near a school or giving one to minors. In a nod to the influence of the National Rifle Association, the administration is reportedly hoping to counter NRA opposition by convincing gun retailers such as Wal-Mart that the new measures would help their profits by curbing sales at gun shows. News of the proposal comes after yet another shooting in Aurora, Colorado, site of the nation’s second-worst gun rampage last year after Newtown. A gunman killed three people in an Aurora home on Saturday before being shot dead by police. Aurora is where suspect James Holmes allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others during a midnight movie screening in July. An Aurora police spokesperson described the latest shooting.

Aurora police spokesperson: “We kept persisting on him coming out, him surrendering. He did not. And then he came to a second-story window with a gun and fired upon us a second time. This time shots were returned. The suspect was hit, and he has been pronounced dead. We sent people in and have confirmed that there were three other victims inside who have all been pronounced dead at this time.”

Colorado is set to open its largest shooting range to date, the Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex, near Colorado Springs later this month.