Federal Appeals Court Upholds Florida Law Prohibiting Certain Gun Purchases

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Florida Law Prohibiting Certain Gun Purchases


The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2018 Florida law banning individuals between the ages of 18 and 20 from purchasing rifles and other long guns.

In an 8-4 decision, the appeals court ruled the law is “consistent with our historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida Under-21 Gun Sales Ban

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“The Florida law that prohibits minors from purchasing firearms does not violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments because it is consistent with our historical tradition of firearm regulation,” Chief Judge William Pryor wrote for the majority in NRA v. Bondi, according to The Reload.

“From the Founding to the late-nineteenth century, our law limited the purchase of firearms by minors

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