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A measure (HB 133) that would lower the age to purchase a long gun in Florida from 21 to 18 years old passed its second and final committee in the state House on Tuesday and will hit the floor when the 2026 session opens, where for the fourth year in a row it is expected to pass in the GOP-controlled chamber.

However, a companion bill in the Senate has yet to have been filed, putting the measure in jeopardy of failure. A similar situation has played out during the past three legislative sessions, with the measure passing the House and dying in the Senate.

The proposal is sponsored by Rep. Tyler Sirois, R-Brevard County.

The majority of public speakers who came before the House Judiciary Committee opposed the measure, many of them students who invoked the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. That incident, which killed 17 students and instructors, led to the raising the age to purchase a long gun to 21 as part of a larger comprehensive gun safety package signed into law by Republican Gov. Rick Scott.



https://floridaphoenix.com/briefs/bill-to-lower-the-age-to-buy-a-long-gun-to-18-now-moves-to-full-house-for-vote/