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Joseph Moody: “[The attacker] tried to acquire those weapons prior to…”

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 17:41

0 magazines and 2000 rounds of ammunition. Now, that is a fact. This committee was tasked with ferreting out the facts. That's a fact. There is also a fact that he [The attacker] tried to acquire those weapons prior to turning [18], which was against the law. And I think this is important to note in this conversation. This is a concrete example of how our laws can and did work, but they were not sufficient sometimes. (17:41–17:43)

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Asserts that the attacker attempted to acquire weapons illegally before turning 18.

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