Shootings survivors say the planned reforms - although limited - are a step in the right direction.
"It's a great first step but that's just what it is," Mr Hogg told the BBC. "No single policy is going to stop every shooting but this policy could stop the next Parkland and that's a good step."
Moms Demand Action, a gun control advocacy organisation, tweeted: "Our grassroots army is ready to fight like hell to make sure it becomes law. 26 years for federal action on gun safety is unacceptable." The National Rifle Association of America , a powerful gun rights advocacy group, said it would respond once the full text of the reformed was released.
Attempts to tighten the laws in the wake of a previous school shooting at Sandy Hook in Connecticut nearly a decade ago - in which 20 children and six adults were killed - failed to get the required votes in Congress.