The Republican party seems to be the only thing keeping America from addressing its gun violence crisis. Read the latest from theEricLutz:
killed eight people and wounded several others at a shopping center outside of Dallas.
Some state politicians apparently heard the message: In the wake of the Texas mall shooting— the second in Texas in less than two weeks—a bipartisan committee in the Texas legislature on Monday voted to advance a bill that would raise the age limit to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21 in the Lone Star State.
, one of the Republicans who voted for the age-increase gun control advocates and some Uvalde families have been pushing for,. “I want to know when I go home at night I’ve done everything I can to keep the kids I represent safe.” Significant reform, in Texas or nationally, remains highly unlikely. And House Bill 2744, it should be said, doesn’t even represent the bare minimum of the gun reform lawmakers should be taking up to keep Americans safe; civilians of any age should not have access to these weapons of war.
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