Newsweek by By Asher Stockler On 11/22/19
A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the National Rifle Association (NRA) to proceed with a lawsuit challenging Florida's new minimum-age gun purchase rules after the organization abandoned its attempt to include anonymous plaintiffs.
The NRA is now representing Radford Fant, an adult resident of Duval County who is unable to purchase a firearm due to legislation enacted after the Parkland massacre prohibiting gun sales for purchasers under 21.
Federal law requires handgun transactions occurring through licensed dealers to involve only purchasers who are at least 21; for long guns such as rifles, the minimum age is 18. Through private sales, the federal handgun minimum is lowered to 18, and there is no minimum age for long guns.
The NRA is arguing that Florida's new law impedes Fant's right to lawfully purchase a firearm for self-defense as secured by the Second Amendment, which "guarantees the individual right to possess and carry" firearms, the Supreme Court found in its 2008 Heller decision.
The lawsuit also claims that by selectively disfavoring a class of adults 18 to 21 years of age, Florida is violating the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection clause.
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