Emotional testimony from Uvalde parents to raise age to purchase semi-automatic weapons

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Emotional testimony from Uvalde parents to raise age to purchase semi-automatic weapons
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A bill proposing to raise the age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase a semi-automatic rifle received hours of testimony in the House select committee on Community Safety.

Well underway and with bills passing from chamber to chamber the 88th legislative session is the first since the state’s worst school shooting in history. Many bills have been filed regarding gun regulations and school safety, most of them are still sitting in committee waiting to be considered.The Texas House Committee on Public Safety's hearing stretched into Wednesday's early morning hours.

For more than 13 years Texas lawmakers have loosened gun regulations and made accessing firearms easier, even though there have been eight mass shootings in Texas during those 13 yearsOn April 18th Texas State Representative Tracy King -Batesville presented House Bill 2744 in committee proposing raising the age to purchase certain semi-automatic firearms from 18 to 21 years of age.

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