WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is one of four senators leading the charge on examining the country’s gun laws following two high-profile mass shootings last month that left 31 people dead.
Tillis told McClatchy on Tuesday afternoon that key areas of focus have included red flag laws, mental health, keeping juvenile offenders from purchasing guns and stricter licensing for gun dealers.
Gun reform has become a major point of contention in the United States since a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24 killed 19 students and two teachers. The Texas shooting came only 10 days after a mass shooter opened fire in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, killing 10.
