With the Lone Star State suffering mass shootings with what some call 'numbing regularity', lawmakers are proposing what they see as 'common sense' measures to reduce the number of gun deaths.
With the grief of the horrific Uvalde mass shooting still fresh, she and her Democratic Caucus have proposed a quartet of new restrictions aimed at heading off a future massacre.
Among the control measures – increasing the age from 18 to 21 for the purchase of semi-automatic rifles, a "Red-Flag" law to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally unstable, a 72-hour "cooling off" period after buying a firearm, and a mandatory background check for all gun sales."The fact that we are sitting here and have the ability to do something to help their grieving and to help stop the mass shooting and we don’t do anything, that’s on us," said Alvarado.
"We do not need more red flag laws. We need to apply the law as it stands right now and these violent kids will not get guns," said Steve Toth, a Republican State Representative from
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