A new UT-Austin poll found that sizable majorities of Texas voters — including Republicans — support raising the minimum age to buy all guns from 18 to 21 as a state House committee faces pressure to advance a similar proposal.
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The finding comes as families of victims of the Uvalde school shooting press the House Select Committee on Community Safety to approve a bill that would increase the age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. The committee held a hearing on the legislation about two weeks ago but has not taken a vote to send it to the full House yet. The deadline to do so is Monday.and other Texas GOP leaders have opposed it, calling it unconstitutional.
The Uvalde families returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to hold a news conference urging the chair of the House committee, Rep.“We, the families of murdered children, are asking for a vote regardless of the outcome,” said Kimberly Rubio, who lost her 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, in the shooting. “I want each committee member to go on record so the mothers in their district know where they stand.
None of the other declared or potential 2024 candidates was as well liked — or as well known — in the poll as Trump or DeSantis. For example, 46% of Republican voters registered a favorable view of Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, while 17% registered an unfavorable view.
The runners-up among the 15 issues included reducing property taxes, increasing funding for school safety and making the state’s water supply more reliable.
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