After the slaughter of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, those broken promises have never rung more hollow. “After each of these mass killings, you have held press conferences and roundtables promising things would change. Seven people died in Midland-Odessa,” the letter reads. At Santa Fe High School outside Houston, 10 people died. “Texas has suffered more mass shootings over the past decade than any other state. The caucus is also calling for universal background checks for all firearm sales, “red flag” laws that allow a judge to temporarily remove firearms from people who are considered an imminent threat to themselves or others, a “cooling off period” for the purchase of a firearm and regulations on high capacity magazines for citizens. The Uvalde gunman was 18 and had purchased two AR-style rifles which he used in the attack.
In a letter released Saturday morning, all 13 Senate Democrats demanded lawmakers pass legislation that raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21 years old.
