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Salzman Files Bill To Lower Firearm Purchasing Age To 18
February 21, 2025
Rep. Michelle Salzman has filed a bill to lower the legal age to purchase a rifles and long guns in Florida from 21 to 18.
“The ability to purchase and utilize a firearm is your constitutional right, and reinstating those rights is the right thing to do for Floridians,” Salzman said. “We must stop infringing on the
constitutional rights of law-abiding adults who are old enough to serve in our military and make other significant life decisions.”
HB 759 would repeal the age restriction implemented in 2018, which raised the minimum age for purchasing rifles and long guns from 18 to 21. Rep. Salzman argues that this current law unfairly restricts the Second Amendment rights of responsible young adults.
Salzman emphasized that her bill does not change other existing firearm regulations or background check requirements; she said it simply allows young adults to exercise their constitutional rights fully.
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11 Responses to “Salzman Files Bill To Lower Firearm Purchasing Age To 18”
FJR, you’re not supposed to buy anyone guns anymore. People are supposed to purchase their own guns.
Make them undergo a pysch evaluation.
Sure, why not! Let’s just go with 1st grade and parental guidance and permission.
18 is old enough to fight, kill and die for your country, so it should be old enough for everything else. But?
@JJ They didn’t “try” the voting age under 21, it IS CURRENTLY UNDER 21 at 18.
This is great. Someone else standing up for the rights of the people. I also have no problem with requiring a gun safety course.
no need for under 21 yr old to to purchase rifles and/or long guns. mommy and daddy can purchase these firearms for Christmas and birthdays as they see the maturity and phycological level in the person.
@Anne First, the age change isn’t exclusive to 18 y/o males. Second, there are 18 y/o’s now who are in jail for gun crime even though the purchase age is 21; criminals are going to commit crime regardless of the law. Most anti-gun legislation restricts law-abiding citizens, not law-breaking criminals.
Tried allowing inder 21 for alcohal, voting under 21, and neither of those worked very well.
Make them take a safety and hunting course FIRST.
THO SHE WONT GET MUCH SUPPORT FROM GAINSVILLE SOUTH.
The 18 year old boys today are nothing like those of the past. I’ll blame the video world. I hope their parents have taught them and these children won’t end up in jail for the rest of their lives.
These laws are so stupid, my son had to wait until he turned 21, and then wait 3 days to purchase a shotgun. He was state law enforcement at the time. He carried a state issued pistol, and had a shotgun and an ar-15 type rifle in his vehicle. Yet under the law, he wasn’t responsible enough to purchase a weapon for himself at 20 years old.
Make it make sense. I was in the Army at 17. By the time I turned 18, I had qualified on every machine gun and side arm the infantry used. But I couldn’t buy a weapon for myself.
BRAVO