Flake backs bill to raise age to buy AR-15 style weapons

(CNN) – Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced Wednesday he’s backing a bill to increase the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic rifle, lending bipartisan support to legislation that was introduced last week by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the wake of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.“A kid too young buy a handgun should be too young to buy an #AR15,” Flake, of Arizona, said in a tweet. “Working with @SenFeinstein on a bipartis