GunsFinding
Texas should raise the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles to 21.
Adults 18 and older can currently buy semiautomatic rifles in Texas. Bills to raise the age to 21 have been filed since the 2022 Uvalde school shooting but have not passed.
Greg Abbott
It is clear that the gun control law that they are seeking in Uvalde — as much as they may want it — has already been ruled as unconstitutional.
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