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Wesley Hunt: “Lawmakers used the Uvalde tragedy to pass red flag…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Texas Congressional Hearing on Second Amendment and Red Flag Laws

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

Unfortunately, as bureaucrats attempting to infringe on the Second Amendment rights that some lawmakers in Congress, they see gun owner tragedies as an opportunity to slowly chip away at these rights. So recently, Lawmakers used the Uvalde tragedy to pass red flag legislation. This is a fact. I remember a time when we were told that red flag laws were simply a conspiracy theory. I'm old enough to remember that. (01:51–01:58)

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