Appeals court upholds Florida’s gun-buying age law passed after Parkland shooting

Full 11th Circuit upholds Florida age limit for gun buys, rejecting NRA challenge

Appeals court upholds Florida’s gun-buying age law passed after Parkland shooting

A federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of a Florida law passed after the 2018 Parkland school shooting that raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21.

Court upholds Florida gun law that bars people under 21 from buying rifles

Saying the restriction is “consistent with our historical tradition of firearm regulation,” a federal appeals court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of a Florida law that raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21. The 8-4 ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after seven years of legal wrangling in...