Opinion: A new gun safety law won't mean much in Texas if the state's Republican leaders decide to opt out.
last week, which would have stopped people under the age of 21 from legally buying assault weapons and would have banned the sale of high capacity ammunition magazines.
What the proposed Senate deal will do is include juvenile records in background checks. Assuming federal and state databases can incorporate that data effectively, that should help prevent teens who have committed crimes or demonstrated disturbing behavior or violent tendencies to be stopped before they arm themselves.
One fair question for both sides to answer to the American people is this: would the proposed new legislation prevent the kind of mass shootings that occurred in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde?
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