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Advocates press Legislature to raise minimum age for semi-automatic rifle purchases
Summary
Every Town and child psychiatrists told the joint Judiciary committees that many school shooters are 18 and that Oregon could reduce school and youth-targeted violence by raising the minimum purchase age for semi-automatic assault-style rifles to 21 while preserving access to many hunting firearms for 18- to 20-year-olds.
A coalition of advocates, clinicians and public-health officials urged Oregon lawmakers to adopt age restrictions on semi-automatic assault-style rifles to reduce access by adolescents and young adults to weapons frequently used in mass and school shootings.
Olivia Lee, senior counsel for Every Town for Gun Safety, told the joint Senate and House Judiciary committees that 18- to 20-year-olds commit gun homicides at roughly three times the rate of people age 21…
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