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In the wake of a mass shooting that killed eight people at the Allen Premium Outlets, Mattie Parker said she supports a measure that would raise the minimum age to buy certain guns to 22.

A bill in Texas that would raise the purchase age of AR-style rifles has abruptly advanced, two days after a mass shooting at an outdoor mall near Dallas.

The Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety has voted to advance the raise-the-age bill after recent mass shootings in Allen, Houston and Uvalde.

The bill, championed by relatives of those killed in Uvalde, Texas, still faces a difficult battle to become law.

AUSTIN — A bill to raise the age to purchase an assault rifle moved forward after advocates packed the Capitol on Monday in a last-ditch effort to see the bill

After heartfelt testimony from the families of Uvalde, a last-minute committee meeting was called to advance the bill.

The legislation would raise the minimum age for purchasing certain firearms. The bill still faces an uphill climb in the Legislature.

Facing new pressure over gun violence in Texas after two more mass shootings, Republicans on Monday unexpectedly allowed a bill that would raise the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 to advance out of a House committee -- even though the proposal has almost no chance of becoming law.

Two Republicans joined Democrats in an 8-5 vote on the House Select Committee on Community Safety to advance the bill

In the wake of the Texas mall shooting, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers passed a bill to raise the age limit to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21. It almost certainly won't become law, but it's the slightest glimmer of hope that GOP opposition to gun control can thaw.