The Uvalde shooter legally purchased two AR rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition just days ago. That seems like a good place for our legislators to start.
Updated on July 27, 2021 at 6:03 pm
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There is about a week and a half to go in the Texas legislative special session and most House Democrats are still in Washington after they left the state to avoid voting on a GOP elections bill.
“We are here to press the case in Washington, and we are here to run out the clock on this special session, and we ll deal with whatever comes next down the road,” Rep. Chris Turner (D-Arlington) the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said.
Three members will testify Thursday in front of a U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee hearing called Democracy in Danger: The Assault on Voting Rights in Texas: Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston), Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) and Rep. Diego Bernal (D-San Antonio).