Florida gun laws

A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a law that raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21.

The only open carry bill filed this session was withdrawn.

It’s not the kind of legislation firearm safety groups want to see.

Open carry may be up for discussion again in the Florida House.

A 14-year-old was arrested Friday night with a loaded handgun at a high school football game at Cox Stadium.

“Local officials should not be held accountable financially, personally, for anything that they do in the course of their everyday business,” says Gil Ziffer, a former Tallahassee City Commissioner who was sued with other city leaders in 2014.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a 2011 state law surrounding guns. Leon County government is part of the case.

As a national debate rages over gun laws after last month’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, proponents of “red-flag” policies point to a Florida law as a model for states seeking to strip deadly weapons from people who could cause harm.

With mass shootings refueling a national debate about gun laws, the Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a dispute about a 2011 state law that threatens stiff penalties if city and county officials pass gun-related regulations.

Democrats seeking to curb gun violence face headwinds in the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature. On the flipside, Republican proposals that seek to loosen gun restrictions may also face pushback.