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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 9, 2022

The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted 223-204 to pass gun reform legislation following a rash of mass shootings across the country, including the recent elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, WPLN reports. The “Protecting Our Kids Act” raises the minimum age to purchase many semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, establishes new restrictions on selling large-capacity ammunition magazines and compensates local governments for buyback programs among other reforms. Five Republicans crossed party lines and voted in favor of the bill. Tennessee’s two Democratic representatives voted for the bill and all seven of the state’s Republican representatives voted against it. The bill is not expected to pass the Senate, where a more modest reform measure is under discussion.