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State by state: gun purchases and possession by age

Associated Press
June 1, 2022

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The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings, including last week’s massacre at a Texas elementary school, legally bought the assault weapons they used after they turned 18. Map shows minimum age of buying and owning guns by state.

TAGS: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, guns, mass shooting

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