{"id":40770,"date":"2024-01-07T21:35:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T02:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=40770"},"modified":"2024-01-07T21:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T02:35:56","slug":"florida-representative-files-bill-to-lower-gun-buying-age-to-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/florida-representative-files-bill-to-lower-gun-buying-age-to-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Representative files bill to lower gun buying age to 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Florida Republican is hoping his bill would lower the minimum age requirement to buy a gun from 21 to 18.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Republican Rep. Bobby Payne filed House Bill 1223 <\/a>on Thursday. A similar bill, House Bill 1543<\/a>, filed on March 6, 2023, also looked to reduce the legal age of purchasing a firearm by three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bill would overturn part of the law that was approved in 2018 by former Governor Rick Scott, which increased the minimum age to 21, following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas School shooting. Before 2018, the minimum age to buy a long gun was 18, and 21 to purchase a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow Republican Randy Fine told NBC affiliate WESH <\/a>that he thinks 19 and 20-year-olds have the right to purchase guns since they are adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Democratic Party Rep. Anna Eskamani told WESH that it\u2019s scary and unsettling\u201d that legislature is trying to lower the minimum age amid the recent mass shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cAn 18, 19, 20-year-old does not need an AR 15. If they are purchasing such a weapon, as you saw in the case of Parkland, they\u2019re doing so to cause serious bodily harm,\u201d Eskamani told WESH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Fine said mental health is to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we saw just a few days ago in Iowa, you know, a man who thought he was a woman got so confused about it, he went and killed a bunch of people. So we clearly have huge mental health problems when people can\u2019t figure out if they\u2019re boys or girls,\u201d Fine told WESH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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