Appeals court backs Florida’s gun-age law passed after mass shooting in Parkland
The law raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21, and the NRA challenged it. Some GOP ...
What to know about Florida’s rifle age restriction and the push to undo it
The Florida House is for the third time pushing to undo a law that bans people younger than 21 from buying a rifle.
Woman arrested for threat made to Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland
A woman has been arrested in connection with a social media threat that was made to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in ...
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Is this the year Florida restores the rights of 18-year-olds to purchase long guns?
House Speaker Daniel Perez told reporters last week that he was receptive to returning the eligibility age to purchase a long ...
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Social media threat prompts increased security at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
A social media threat against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School prompted a law enforcement response Monday, leading ...
U.S. federal appeals court backs Florida gun age law
The 8-4 ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after seven years of legal wrangling in the National Rifle ...
Appeals Court Backs Gun Age Law
Saying the restriction is “consistent with our historical tradition of firearm regulation,” a federal appeals court on Friday ...
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Full 11th Circuit upholds Florida age limit for gun buys, rejecting NRA challenge
Although the appeals court ruled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act constitutional, Florida’s attorney general announced his office would not defend the law if the case is ...
Republicans in Florida's capitol restart push to lower the gun-buying age
Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day ...