We need a new and responsive political conversation about firearms in Texas.
Jazmin Cazares, 17, embraces her father, Javier Cazares, as he speaks in favor of House Bill 2744, which would have raised the purchase age for an assault-style weapon to 21. They were part of a contingent from Uvalde pushing for the reform.Republican politicians who consider, let alone pass, modest gun safety proposals often pay heavy tolls with their constituents.
A month after the Uvalde massacre, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents San Antonio and Uvalde, received blowback for helping craft and supporting the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a wide-ranging bill that increased background checks, supported state red lag laws and cracked down on gun trafficking.
Against that backdrop, Texas Republican state Reps. Sam Harless, of Spring, and Justin Holland, of Rockwall, broke ranks and voted May 8 to move House Bill 2744 out of committee. The bill would have raised the purchase age of assault-style rifles from 18 to 21. While their support moved the bill forward, it never made it to the House floor, a predictable outcome.
This is how we would describe the vote: Two Republicans responded to a crisis by supporting a modest, but popular, reform that will preserve Second Amendment rights. If they can take such a vote, others can, too.
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