Saying the restriction is “fully consistent” with “historical tradition,” lawyers for Florida are urging an Atlanta-based appeals court to uphold a law preventing people under age 21 from purchasing rifles and other long guns.
The Florida law prevented the purchase of long guns by people under 21 but allowed them to use or possess them, which is “fully consistent” with the nation’s history, lawyers for Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office wrote in the brief.TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -
Florida’s lawyers, in a brief filed Friday, said the Supreme Court held courts must “examine our ‘historical tradition of firearm regulation,’” referring to a major decision in an earlier case known as New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. “Florida’s law restricting the purchase, but not possession or use, of firearms by those under 21 is consistent with the principles that underpin our regulatory tradition. At the founding, individuals under 21 were considered lacking in the requisite judgment and reason to enter into contracts, which at the time were necessary to purchase firearms because such goods were bought on credit in early America’s agrarian economy.
In a brief filed July 31, lawyers for the NRA argued that the Rahimi decision was “narrow” and that the full appellate court should strike down the Florida law. The “plain text” of the Second Amendment also protects young adults’ right to purchase firearms, he contended. The NRA’s lawsuit has drawn national attention, with friend-of-the-court briefs filed by groups advocating for stricter gun laws and states that have enacted age-based restrictions.
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