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James Talarico: “The murderer in Uvalde turned 18 the day before he committed…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 1:31:07

What I saw them do just over the course of one legislative session is move the needle on a common sense bill to raise the age to buy those kind of weapons from 18 to 21. The murderer in Uvalde turned 18 the day before he committed that horrific massacre. Right. There was no Republican support for that bill. They had all the Democratic support, but they worked relentlessly. (1:31:07–1:31:14)

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