Florida House Republicans on Wednesday backed a proposal that would repeal part of a law passed after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and allow people

Florida House Republicans took a bold step Wednesday to roll back a post-Parkland gun restriction, voting 13-5 along party lines in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee to approve HB 759. The bill would allow 18- to 20-year-olds to buy rifles,

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

The Florida House panel has approved a proposal that would repeal a 2018 law preventing people under the age of 21 from buying rifles and shotguns in Florida.

For another consecutive year, Florida Republicans want to lower the firearm purchase age to 18, down from the current minimum of 21.