The father of a child killed in the Uvalde mass shooting was kicked out of the Texas State Capitol for protesting after a gun reform proposal was left off the agenda.
Brett Cross, whose son Uziyah was among 19 students killed along with two teachers at the Robb Elementary School massacre last year, was escorted out of the House chambers on Tuesday night following the Republican-led legislature’s refusal to put HB2744 on the calendar. The bill, which proposed to raise the age requirement to buy semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 in the state, had been advanced earlier this week after two Republicans joined Democrats in its favour in a shocking move.
