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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Uvalde families protest outside Greg Abbott’s house calling to raise minimum age to buy AR-15

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Families of the victims of the Uvalde mass shooting staged a protest outside Greg Abbott’s house on Saturday, calling on the Texas governor to raise the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21 years old.

Grieving parents, siblings and other family members gathered in front of the governor’s mansion in downtown Austin from around 5.15am that morning, holding aloft photos of their loved ones lost in the 24 May massacre.

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