Florida’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 21 to 18.
HB 1223, titled “Minimum Age for Purchase or Transfer of Firearms,” passed by a vote of 76-35. The bill, originally proposed by Republican Representatives Bobby Payne and Tyler Sirois, will now be sent to the state Senate for further consideration.
“Minimum Age for Purchase or Transfer of Firearms Act.” Amends FS 790.065 to establish the minimum age at which an individual may purchase a firearm and the age of the purchaser at which certain licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm. 6 exceptions and establish an effective date,” the bill reads.
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If passed, this bill would go into effect on July 1st.
The bill would also overturn portions of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, passed in 2018 in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that left 17 people dead and 17 injured. become. In one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, former student Nikolas Cruz stalked the third floor of a classroom building with an assault rifle.
Florida’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 21 to 18. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Mr. Cruz pleaded guilty in 2021 and was sentenced to life in prison.
Another bill introduced in the House earlier this year calls for harsher penalties for minors caught with gun possession. House Bill 1181, or the Juvenile Justice Act, would make first-time illegal possession of a firearm by a minor a first-degree felony instead of a first-degree misdemeanor and extend the time a child spends in juvenile hall.
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HB 1181 is currently in the state Senate.
The firearms debate reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week, with the justices split over whether the federal government can ban so-called bump stocks, devices that increase the firepower of automatic weapons.
The firearms debate reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week, with the justices split over whether the federal government can ban so-called bump stocks, devices that increase the firepower of automatic weapons. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
The Garland v. Cargill case states that a “bump stock” device is designed and intended to be used to convert a rifle into an “automatic, multiple-shot firing weapon,” as defined by federal law. There is a dispute as to whether or not it falls under the definition of a “machine gun.” …by a single function of the trigger. ”
The bill would also overturn portions of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, passed in 2018 in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that left 17 people dead and 17 injured. become. In one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, former student Nikolas Cruz stalked the third floor of a classroom building with an assault rifle. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, via AP, File)
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After a mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 left 60 people dead and more than 500 injured, the U.S. Alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives (ATF) issued an interpretive rule concluding that a “bump stock” is a machine gun.
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Fox News’ Brianna Herlihy, Shannon Bream and Landon Mion contributed to this report.
