Texas lawmaker criticizes school safety bills for lacking gun control measures.

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Texas lawmaker criticizes school safety bills for lacking gun control measures.
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Texas lawmaker Sen. Roland Gutierrez has criticized school safety bills that lack gun restrictions, calling for raising the minimum age for purchasing assault rifles and closing loopholes on firearm sales at gun shows. Gutierrez has been working with families of the Uvalde school shooting victims to press their case with lawmakers. The families, some of whom are gun owners, support Gutierrez's proposed legislation to raise the age to buy certain assault weapons from 18 to 21. The Texas House has passed three school safety bills, including one that would place armed security guards at every campus.

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