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The Florida House has passed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit, but it wouldn't allow them to openly carry firearms.

Senators voted mostly along party lines to approve the bill prevents credit card companies from using a code that could help track firearm and ammunition sales.

A bill to lower the minimum age to buy a long gun in Florida from 21 to 18 has support from Republicans in the House, but it's unlikely to get a hearing in the Senate.

An approved measure in the Florida legislature targets yet-to-be-enacted plans by some credit-card companies to create a separate “merchant category code” for sales at firearm businesses.

House Speaker Paul Renner unveiled a "constitutional carry" bill last week that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.

Republican state lawmakers have filed legislation that would allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

Florida law prohibits people who aren't allowed to buy a gun from purchasing bullets and shells, but it doesn't require background checks on ammunition sales.

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson says the proposal is intended to prohibit financial institutions from collecting and monitoring information on Floridians’ firearm and ammunition purchases.

This year, the courts will take up abortion, big tech, elections, gambling, race relations, gender and sexual orientation, guns, race, redistricting and the case of Andrew Gillum.

Police say 911 calls came in around 1:30 Tuesday morning after shots were fired in the 300 block of West College Avenue.