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Texas has launched a new outreach program
to provide

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troubled teens with the assault rifles
they desperately need.

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Governor Greg Abbott announced
that starting today, the state will work

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with local leaders to identify students
most at risk of perpetuating violence

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and pair them with the highest quality
semi-automatic rifles money can buy.

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Texans hope the new policy will help
break down the barriers

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that so many underserved teens face
when trying to purchase a firearm,

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providing them

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with free target practice, bump stocks
and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

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If successful, Abbott signaled
that Texas will extend the assault

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rifle program to troubled children
as young as five years old.