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Joseph Moody: “There was no legal impediment to [the attacker] acquiring…”

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 17:16

One of the facts that is pointed to here in the section on the attacker is that There was no legal impediment to [the attacker] acquiring two high powered rifles, 66.0 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 tried to acquire those weapons prior to turning, which was against the law. (17:16–17:24)

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Asserts that the attacker legally acquired firearms and ammunition without impediment.

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