While the gun rights lobby has been influential, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers are driven by a more powerful force: Republican primary voters.
found that a majority of Democratic, Independent and Republican voters support raising the age to 21 for firearm purchases., a gun violence prevention group, said there was a moment of joy on Monday when the age limit increase for assault-style weapons bill was advanced – but sadness when it died.
Abraham George, chairman of the Collin County Republican Party, says he welcomes a debate over curbing mass shootings, which he says could be mitigated by improving mental health services. “They need to talk about inflation instead of guns,” he said. “Under their leadership in the last four years, people lost homes and are having a hard time making ends meet. There are a lot more victims of that than the gun violence in our country at this point.”
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