Texas Gun Reform Efforts Stalled Despite Activist Efforts and Rare Momentum

Brett Cross, father of a child killed in the Uvalde mass shooting, was kicked out of the Texas State Capitol for protesting after a gun reform proposal was left off the agenda. The bill, which proposed to raise the age requirement to buy semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 in the state, had been advanced earlier this week after two Republicans joined Democrats in its favour in a shocking move. The bill’s deadline to be heard before this legislature session wraps up is on Thursday. However, a mandatory 36-hour scheduling window was missed when legislators failed to add it to the agenda by 10pm on Tuesday.