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Joseph Moody: “Had this law been 21, I have a very strong feeling that this…”

Featuring: Joseph Moody, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 78

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Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE

Published | Video Starts at 18:23

So if there's an impediment that exists, it exists for them just as much as it exists for us. And so in this instance, the legal impediment was removed when he turned the age of 18. Had this law been 21, I have a very strong feeling that this attacker does not end up with those weapons. And you've got three more years to figure out how to identify the problems that he's encountering and circumvent them and to stop them. But this is a good. (18:23–18:33)

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Asserts that raising the legal age for firearm purchase to 21 could have prevented the attacker from obtaining weapons.

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