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Court upholds Florida gun law that bars people under 21 from buying rifles<\/a>
\nFriday\u2019s ruling by the full Atlanta-based appeals court upheld a three-judge panel’s decision and outlined the history of the nation\u2019s gun laws, from its founding to recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions setting guidelines for determining how to apply the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n

Saying the restriction is \u201cconsistent with our historical tradition of firearm regulation,\u201d 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. [really? What ‘historical tradition?<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The 8-4 ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after seven years of legal wrangling in the National Rifle Association\u2019s challenge to a 2018 law passed after a mass shooting at Parkland\u2019s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and faculty members.<\/p>\n

Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, used a semiautomatic rifle to gun down the victims at his former school. The NRA filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the gun-age restriction shortly after the law passed.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s ruling by the full Atlanta-based appeals court upheld a three-judge panel’s decision and outlined the history of the nation\u2019s gun laws, from its founding to recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions setting guidelines for determining how to apply the Second Amendment. While the law barred people under 21 from buying rifles and long guns, they still can receive them, for example, as gifts from family members.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom this history emerges a straightforward conclusion: the Florida law is consistent with our regulatory tradition in why and how it burdens the right of minors to keep and bear arms,\u201d Chief Judge William Pryor wrote. \u201cBecause minors have yet to reach the age of reason, the Florida law prohibits them from purchasing firearms, yet it allows them to receive firearms from their parents or another responsible adult.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judges Adalberto Jordan, Robin Rosenbaum, Jill Pryor, Kevin Newsom, Britt Grant, Nancy Abudu and Charles Wilson joined the majority opinion. Judge Andrew Brasher wrote a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Judges Elizabeth Branch, Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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