{"id":1927880,"date":"2023-05-10T05:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lawmakers-advance-bill-to-raise-age-for-buying-semiautomatic-rifles-to-21\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T05:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:57:28","slug":"texas-lawmakers-advance-bill-to-raise-age-for-buying-semiautomatic-rifles-to-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lawmakers-advance-bill-to-raise-age-for-buying-semiautomatic-rifles-to-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas lawmakers push for bill to increase age limit for purchasing semiautomatic rifles to 21."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-lawmakers-advance-bill-to-raise-age-for-buying-semiautomatic-rifles-to-21%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2> Texas Lawmakers Advance Bill to Raise Minimum Age for Semiautomatic Rifle Purchases <\/h2>\n<p> In the wake of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-again-introduce-legislation-for-universal-background-checks-on-gun-purchases-say-they-have-opportunity-to-act\/\" title=\"Democrats Again Introduce Legislation For Universal Background Checks On Gun Purchases, Say They Have \u2018Opportunity to Act\u2019\">recent mass shooting<\/a> in Allen, Texas, state lawmakers have advanced a bill that seeks to raise the minimum age for purchasing a semiautomatic rifle to 21. The move is seen as a small victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighter-background-check-legislation-burdens-law-abiding-citizens-wont-reduce-crime-expert\/\" title=\"Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won\u2019t Reduce Crime: Expert\">gun control advocates<\/a>, despite the bill being unlikely to pass the conservative Legislature and become law. <\/p>\n<h3> Unexpected Support from Republicans <\/h3>\n<p> Two Republicans on the House Select Committee on Community Safety joined the committee\u2019s Democrats to approve moving House Bill 2744 to the full chamber for a vote. Representatives Sam Harless from Spring and Justin Holland from Rockwall, both Republicans, voted with Democrats on the last day of the bill\u2019s deadline to move out of committee and continue through the legislative process. Their support came as a surprise, notably with Holland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lawmakers-advance-bill-to-raise-age-for-buying-semiautomatic-rifles-to-21\/\" title=\"Texas lawmakers push for bill to increase age limit for purchasing semiautomatic rifles to 21.\">previous strong pro-<\/a>Second Amendment stance. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Harless described his decision as \u201cthe most emotional vote\u201d he\u2019s ever taken, The New York Times reported. <\/li>\n<li> Holland, who has previously advocated for permitless carry of firearms, sought to clarify his position and defend his decision in a letter in which he indicated that he was moved by recent messaging from gun control advocates. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The bill has been widely criticized by Republicans and gun rights advocates as infringing on the constitutional rights of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-is-one-step-closer-to-becoming-a-constitutional-carry-state\/\" title=\"Texas Is One Step Closer To Becoming A Constitutional Carry State\">law-abiding adults<\/a>. Opponents of the bill have argued that if an 18-year-old is considered an adult with respect to voting, purchasing tobacco, and serving in the military, then it should entitle them to the full rights to protections granted by the U.S. Constitution. <\/p>\n<h3> Holland&#8217;s Defense <\/h3>\n<p> Holland said that he was convinced by hours of testimony that making \u201cthis small change\u201d might be a roadblock to a person aged between 18 and 21 who wants to buy a gun to use it in a \u201cdestructive and illegal manner.\u201d The Texas lawmaker had previously earned an endorsement from the National Rifle Association, which assigned him an A rating three times. <\/p>\n<p> In his letter, Holland clarified that he does not support a ban on the sale or possession of these types of rifles. Rather, he thinks that increasing the age requirement for purchase lessens the possibility that the weapon is misused while not undermining our fundamental right to keep and bear arms. <\/p>\n<p> Gun rights advocates have responded with strong opposition to the bill, describing it as infringing on the rights of law-abiding Americans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas state lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21, just days after a mass shooting in Allen. Two Republicans on the\u00a0House Select Committee on Community Safety joined the committee\u2019s Democrats to approve moving House Bill 2744 to the full chamber for a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":1927881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[7504,8808,5476,3673,6612,14524,3688,14388,7787,3694],"class_list":["post-1927880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-7504","tag-age","tag-increase","tag-lawmakers","tag-limit","tag-purchasing","tag-push","tag-rifles","tag-semiautomatic","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}