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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.
Democratic state Senator Derek Kitchen wants to raise the legal age to buy a gun in Utah from 18 to 21.
Democratic lawmakers on Utah's Capitol Hill plan to propose gun control measures, even if they don't get very far in the Republican-dominated legislature.
What states have strictest gun control laws? Mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York bring gun laws to the forefront. An Everytown report shows states with the strongest gun control laws in the country. Hawaii and Massachusetts have some of the tightest gun control laws in the U.S., along with the lowest rates of gun deaths of any state.
Following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a Utah senator recently proposed raising the minimum age for purchasing a gun. He proposed that the age should be increased from 18 to 21, the legal age for consuming alcohol.