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The Daily Buzz: Why Utah’s Sen. Kitchen wants to raise the age to buy a gun to 21

Kitchen’s proposed change to Utah law comes after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 children in an elementary school and two of their teachers.

(Trent Nelson  |  The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City. Kitchen says he will sponsor a bill to raise the state's minimum age to buy a firearm to 21.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City. Kitchen says he will sponsor a bill to raise the state's minimum age to buy a firearm to 21.