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Activists are speaking out against a bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms from 21 to 18 in Florida.
The bill passed 74 to 37 in the Florida House today.
House Bill 133 would reverse a law that increased the minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms to 21 after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois sponsored the bill.
“It was a tragedy, what happened, and the legislature responded at the time, the way that they thought best. As I said, I was not a member of that body. Had I been, I would not have voted for that bill,” Sirois said.
In a press call on Thursday, members of various gun control advocacy groups criticized the bill, saying 18 is too young to own a firearm.
Parkland shooting survivor and March For Our Lives executive director Jackie Corin says if passed, the bill will not make Florida safer.
“It will increase risk, it will put more young people in harm’s way, more Floridians in harm’s way, and it will reverse a policy that was enacted in direct response to tragedy.” Corin said.
Freddy Barton is a CVI Practitioner at Safe & Sound Hillsborough, an anti-violence council.
“We need to band together and let individuals know that no young person should have access to a firearm at the age of 18.” Barton said.
Similar bills have been passed in the House in prior years but were never made law.
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Activists are speaking out against a bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms from 21 to 18 in Florida.
The bill passed 74 to 37 in the Florida House today.
House Bill 133 would reverse a law that increased the minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms to 21 after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois sponsored the bill.
“It was a tragedy, what happened, and the legislature responded at the time, the way that they thought best. As I said, I was not a member of that body. Had I been, I would not have voted for that bill,” Sirois said.
In a press call on Thursday, members of various gun control advocacy groups criticized the bill, saying 18 is too young to own a firearm.
Parkland shooting survivor and March For Our Lives executive director Jackie Corin says if passed, the bill will not make Florida safer.
“It will increase risk, it will put more young people in harm’s way, more Floridians in harm’s way, and it will reverse a policy that was enacted in direct response to tragedy.” Corin said.
Freddy Barton is a CVI Practitioner at Safe & Sound Hillsborough, an anti-violence council.
“We need to band together and let individuals know that no young person should have access to a firearm at the age of 18.” Barton said.
Similar bills have been passed in the House in prior years but were never made law.
The post Florida House passes bill to lower minimum firearm purchase age appeared first on WMNF 88.5 FM.