Breaking: House Votes to Increase Semi-Automatic Rifle Purchase Age to 21

On Wednesday, as part of a slate of bills aimed at curbing mass shootings and gun violence, the House voted to increase the age required to purchase a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21.

The vote was 228 to 199, with ten Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the measure. Those GOP members were Representatives Fitzpatrick, Gonzalez, Jacobs, Katko, Kinzinger, Malliotakis, Salazar, Smith, Turner, and Upton.

After an 18-year-old gunman used an AR-15-style weapon to massacre 19 children and two teachers in a fourth-grade elementary-school classroom in Uvalde, Texas, in May, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been moving with urgency to pass bills to prevent such tragedies. In the past few weeks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has been negotiating gun legislation, pitching proposals such as expanded background checks and federal standards for red-flag laws, which allow the confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed dangerous.

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