Would allow us to stop that crime before it is committed, going through due process, returning the firearm when the situation has been resolved in Uvalde. As you probably know, The shooter was 18 years old, patiently waited till his 18th birthday to buy that AR15 because that's the age that you can buy an AR15 in Texas. What if we raise the age to buy an AR 15 to 21? Now, that would have given us three more years to intervene in that troubled young man's life. (26:19–26:28)
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Asserts that the Uvalde shooter legally purchased an AR-15 at age 18, the minimum age for such purchases in Texas.
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