Florida bill to lower rifle purchase age moves through House
A controversial bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 21 to 18 is once again moving through the Florida House.
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A controversial bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 21 to 18 is once again moving through the Florida House.
The ruling focused on an age limitation for carrying concealed weapons—which is separate from a more highly publicized state law that prevents people under age 21 from buying rifles and other long guns.
The House passed similar bills in recent years, but the Senate has not gone along.
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The National Rifle Association and local-government groups are trying to help sway an appeals court in a battle about a controversial state gun law.
After dropping an attempt to keep secret the identities of two plaintiffs, the National Rifle Association has relaunched a federal court challenge to a Florida law that raised the age to purchase rifles and other long guns.
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