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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- As the nation awaits a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a Mississippi law that calls for banning aboriton after 15

Two recent mass shootings are prompting Congress and some governors and state lawmakers to revisit the question of whether to raise the minimum age for purchasing such high-powered weapons.

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A spike in mass shootings has sparked gun legislation debates across the United States. Only six states currently require a person to be at least 21 years old to buy rifles and shotguns.

Only six states require someone to be at least 21 years old to buy rifles and shotguns. Advocates argue that such a limit might have prevented the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead and the racially motivated supermarket attack in Buffalo, New York, that killed 10.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The gunmen in two of the nations most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their mas ...

The gunmen in two of the nations most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18. Thats prompting Congress and some governors and state lawmakers to revisit the question of whether to raise the minimum age for purchasing such high-powered weapons.

Gun control advocates say raising the minimum age for purchasing the weapons offers one of the clearest steps that could have stopped or prevented the most recent mass shootings.

The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The gunmen in two of the nation's most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18. That's prompting Congress and some governors and state lawmakers to revisit the question of whether to raise the minimum age for purchasing such high-powered weapons.