House votes to raise age to buy semi-automatic rifles after Uvalde, Buffalo families testify: Live updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : ""Will we continue to accept the slaughter of innocents, including innocent children, as acceptable collateral damage for loyalty to a completely bogus and distorted misreading of the Second Amendment and what the Supreme Court has said about it?"
58% : Democrats supporting gun restrictions as a way to prevent mass shooting while most Republicans argued that such steps would undermine constitutional protections guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
56% : As lawmakers hash out bipartisan negotiations on Capitol Hill, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds half of Republicans support stricter gun laws.
52% : -Candy WoodallThe Republicans are adding two witnesses to deliver testimony during Wednesday morning's House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on gun control.
51% : It began with a rally Monday for gun safety laws and has included tense negotiations in the Senate, heated debate in the House and passionate hearings in both chambers.
50% : Hughes, a member of D.C. Project - Women for Gun Rights, said that her organization "believes education is the key to safety" regarding guns and "not ineffective legislation."
49% : After making an appearance and delivering an emotional speech about gun control at Tuesday's White House Press briefing, actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey is on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers, according to a reporter who spotted him.
48% : Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, of Wyoming, who has rigidly supported Second Amendment rights and earned a "lifetime A-plus" rating from the National Rifle Association,doesn't seem to be an obvious choice to support bipartisan efforts to reforming the nation's gun safety laws.
47% : A party shift "could boost the prospects for Congress to tighten federal gun laws, an effort that has failed for decades," according to previous coverage.
46% :Lucretia Hughes, of the DC Project and Women for Gun Rights, will be part of the first panel of witnesses, along with with Miah Cerrillo and families of victims.
42% : She added: "If after hearing from me and the other people testifying here today, does not move you to act on gun laws, I invite you to my home to help me clean Zaire's wounds."
41% : She said lawmakers need to pass stricter gun laws, saying those who do not support such changes are allowing mass shootings to continue and "should be voted out."
39% : The bill, known as the Protecting Our Kids Act, heads to the Senate where it's not expected to pass because Republicans have enough votes to block gun legislation.
39% : House committee passes gun bills that are likely to die in SenateSenate committees this week are holding hearings on gun laws and white nationalism, which the FBI said was a factor in the Buffalo shooting.
38% : As gun violence survivors and victims' families testify before the committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders will join gun-safety advocates Wednesday morning outside the Capitol to rally for tighter gun laws.
30% :Maloney emphasized that she supports the Second Amendment, but she doesn't support outdated gun laws that allow 18-year-olds to get weapons of war and carry out violent crimes.
27% : The full House will vote on the Protecting Our Kids Act, a "red flag" bill and an assault weapons ban this week, according to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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