gun laws

A young, white gunman’s killing of three Black people over the weekend in Jacksonville, Florida, is again raising questions about so-called red flag laws

Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit starting on Saturday, July 1, 2023.

State Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, the mayor of Parkland at the time of the shooting, pleaded with her colleagues to keep the age restriction in place.

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, said Wednesday she does not support a proposal to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida.

House panel supports a bill would reverse part of a 2018 law that set the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The House Judiciary Committee backed a proposal that combines allowing people to carry concealed firearms without licenses, despite Democratic arguments that easing gun restrictions would increase violence.

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced a proposal that takes aim at credit-card companies separately categorizing sales at gun shops. Meanwhile, proposals — inspired by a Parkland victim — that would require background checks on the sale or transfer of ammunition were filed by Democrat senators.

This year, as Nicole Ogburn prepares her classroom, her first priority is not the decorations she usually spends the summer picking out. Instead, it's buying things to make the classroom safer.

It's not a new debate — but could showing graphic evidence of mass school shootings change public opinion on gun laws?

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has long championed medical marijuana, now legal in Florida. Her office also issues concealed weapons licenses. Her lawsuit cites a federal form that must be completed by people seeking to purchase guns.

Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, interrupted President Joe Biden’s speech Monday during a White House event commemorating the new law aimed at reducing gun violence.

With gun violence now the leading cause of death among young people, gun control advocates say there is an urgent need to raise the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles and other long guns to 21.