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DeSantis backs bill to let 18-year-olds buy rifles

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Free Vulcan:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday backed an effort to lower the statewide age requirement to purchase a rifle, calling a current law that bars 18-year-olds from buying firearms "unconstitutional."

Florida law requires residents to be at least 21 years of age in order to purchase firearms. An individual who is at least 18 can buy a rifles and shotguns if that person is a law enforcement officer, correctional officer or service member.

Republican lawmakers want to change that requirement and on Friday the state House passed a bill that would lower the minimum age to buy "long" guns to 18. DeSantis, an Iraq War veteran, told reporters he supports the measure at a press conference in Jupiter.

He said those old enough to serve in the military should be allowed to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-backs-bill-let-18-year-olds-buy-rifles

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