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7 states have raised the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles. Advocates want Congress to force the other 43.
There are historical and psychological reasons why the legal age for purchasing assault weapons does not make sense
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7 states have raised the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles. Advocates want Congress to force the other 43.
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