Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a crucial swing-vote in the Senate, said that he would support legislation raising the minimum age to purchase semiautomatic weapons to 21 and said he has never had the need for weapons like the AR-15.
Manchin’s support comes as various factions of Democrats in both the House and Senate push for sweeping federal legislation to change gun laws in the United States in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
