In surprise move days after Allen mall shooting, Texas House panel OKs bill raising age to buy semi-automatic rifles

Family members of victims of the Uvalde shooting cry and hug one another at the Capitol on Monday after a Texas House committee voted in favor of House Bill 2744, which would raise the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. Photo credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune
By Alejandro Serrano, Eleanor Klibanoff and Sneha DeyThe Texas Tribune AUSTIN – The chants echoed off the rotunda walls at the Texas Capitol even before…

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