Texas House Advances Multiple Gun Control Bills

A House committee in Texas has approved a bill to raise the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, following a shooting at a Dallas-area outlet mall over the weekend. The bill, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Tracy King, would apply to rifles with a detachable magazine and a caliber greater than .22. The measure still faces long odds of making it through the Republican-controlled House and Senate, and the Governor's Mansion.