Florida governor bucks NRA on age restrictions in new gun proposal
By Reid Wilson - 02/23/18 12:14 PM EST
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Friday proposed spending half a billion dollars to boost school security and mental health care funding, in hopes of preventing shootings like the massacre at a Parkland, Fla., high school that claimed 17 lives last week.
Notably, the governor's plan would raise the age to purchase all firearms to 21, which is in direct opposition to the National Rifle Association's stance on firearm purchases.
Current Florida law requires those purchasing handguns to be 21, but residents as young as 18 can still purchase rifles like the one used by the Parkland shooter.
Scott’s plan would also create a new system to identify and prevent violent or mentally ill people from purchasing or possessing a gun if family members or law enforcement officers show evidence to a court. It would also restrict gun purchases or possession by those who have been involuntarily committed to a hospital.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/375284-florida-governor-bucks-nra-on-age-restrictions-in-new-gun-proposal
