Families of Uvalde school shooting victims ask Texas lawmakers to consider gun reforms

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It's been almost a year since the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Some parents and relatives of the victims came to the Texas Capitol Tuesday, April 18 hoping lawmakers would consider some kind of gun reform.

Some parents and relatives of the victims came to the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, April 18 hoping lawmakers would consider some kind of gun reform.

Democratic analyst Ed Espinoza and James Dickey, president of JD Key, joined FOX 7 Austin's Mike Warren to discuss.

Well, at least the ones that are on the table at the Texas legislature right now, and one that Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick had initially expressed support for a year ago was rage, raising the age limit to age 21 for any kind of assault weapon. Now, I think he has backed away from that since then, but that's still a conversation that people are having.

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