Florida law raising age to 21 for firearms purchases upheld in blow to NRA court challenge

Thursday’s ruling by a federal appeals court was that Florida Adults under 21 can no longer purchase guns. This is in line with a state law passed weeks after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Parkland .

The U.S. Court of Appeals of the 11th Circuit ruled The unanimous consensus was that the landmark Supreme Court decision has set a new benchmark for how to interpret the ruling. Second Amendment By asking the government to justify gun control laws by proving they are “consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

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The three-judge panel determined that the Second Amendment does not grant young adults unrestricted access to firearms.

“The Act’s restriction on the sale of firearms to 18-to-20-year-olds is consistent with this nation’s relevant historical tradition of firearm regulations,” Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum was an appointee by former President Barack Obama.

Then-Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican signed the Marjory-Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, just weeks after a 19year-old shot and killed 14 students, three adults, and their staff.

The National Rifle Association In an attempt to block the statute, the plaintiffs invoked militia laws which were in force at the time that the Constitution was ratified. They required all 18-year-olds to join the militia and to bring their own weapons.

“At the time of the founding, no law imposed restrictions on young adults’ ability to purchase firearms,” An attorne