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Byron Donalds’ selection of state Sen. Bryan Avila as his running mate was received with strong enthusiasm by the Florida Republican establishment, but one group expressed concern.

Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation are suing the U.S. Virgin Islands and its police commissioner as a fight over the Second Amendment deepens. The nonprofits are asking a federal judge to allow nonresidents to apply for and be issued licenses to carry concealed handguns in the U.S. territory.

A former Republican opponent has endorsed José Javier Rodríguez, a Democrat, for Florida attorney general.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is elaborating on his newly espoused legal opinion that Florida’s ban on felons possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment when it comes to those who have committed nonviolent felony offenses.

lorida’s House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to pass for a full floor vote a bill that would lower the age to 18 to purchase firearms, including assault-style rifles.

As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its 'stand your ground' law. A historian looks at how likely this law is to keep the state safe.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to Florida’s ban on firearm purchases by adults under 21. It’s the latest move by the gun-rights group in its four-year-battle to override the 2018 Florida law that bans 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing long guns.

Following last week's deadly shooting, FSU students are asking lawmakers to pass some measures — and reject others — to prevent future gun violence.

A controversial Florida bill to reduce the age to purchase a rifle or other long gun from 21 to 18 will be heard on the house Floor this week. Democratic Minority House Leader Fentrice Driskell called the bill a betrayal to the families of victims of the Parkland school shooting.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against an ex-New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it following the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting.

The Middle East war, now raging for 10 weeks, has spurred an increase in antisemitic incidents and attacks on Jewish Americans. With Florida's new 'permitless carry' law in place, more Jews are purchasing guns in response.

An NRA challenge to the 2018 Florida law that bars sales of rifles and other long guns to people under 21 — approved after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — had been rejected, as was its appeal earlier this year. The group sought a full rehearing and now the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has announced, with no explanation, that it will take it up.