A federal appeals court upheld on March 14 Florida’s law barring anyone under 21 from purchasing long guns.
Florida’s attorney general has signaled his opposition to the ruling by stating his office will not defend the law if it is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled on March 14 that the law aligns with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation and does not violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. The decision follows the precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen (2022) and Rahimi (2024) rulings, which require modern gun laws to align with historical firearm restrictions….