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Deputy Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., On Sunday voiced support for raising the minimum age for buying firearms following a series of mass shootings committed by adults under the age of 21.
“I think raising the arms purchase age to 21 is obvious. If you look at the Parkland shooting, look at Buffalo, look at this shooting, it’s people under the age of 21,” Kinzinger told ABC. News.
“We know that the human brain develops and matures a lot between the ages of 18 and 21. We have just raised the age of buying cigarettes federally at the age of 21. without even a blink of an eye. I think we need to get there. eventually there. “
Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, was heard during a hearing at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. (Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The alleged gunman from the primary school shooting earlier this week in Uvalde, Texas, had bought two AR-15-style rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition just days after turning 18.
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Last year she had tried to buy guns when she was 17 with the help of her sister, but she “flatly refused,” Texas Department of Homeland Security director Steven McCraw said Friday.
The 18-year-old suspect in the Buffalo Supermarket shooting earlier this month had a rifle and a shotgun in his possession, according to authorities, but had magazines for ammunition that were banned in New York.
The children run to a safe place after escaping through a window during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School where a gunman killed nineteen children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, USA on May 24, 2022. ( Pete Luna / Uvalde Leader-News / Handout via REUTERS)
In the other shooting Kinzinger cited, Nikolas Cruz had bought an AR-15-style rifle when he was 18 before firing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 people.
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Senators have held backstage talks behind the scenes on possible gun control legislation following the Uvalde shooting.
Marnie Beale of Arlington, Virginia, holds up a sign on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Senate asking for background checks on the purchase of weapons on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, following the latest mass shooting at a school Primary School (Tom Williams / CQ- Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellR-Ky., Led Texas Sen. John Cornyn, R, to engage with Democrats in reforms, saying it was part of an effort to “get a bipartisan solution and come up with a proposal, if possible.” that it is made to meet this particular problem “.
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Powerful legislation such as the reinstatement of the federal ban on assault weapons seems unlikely, but a red-flag law, increased mental health care and funding to tighten schools could be on the rise. the table.