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Florida ranks in top third on gun laws, due to raising age requirement and red flag laws after mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
The Florida Senate Bill 7026 or the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act is a Florida bill to tighten gun control, school security and school safety. [1] [2] [3] The bill bans bump stocks and raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, and enacts red flag laws among other restrictions. [2]
The number of background checks for gun purchases in Florida since July 1 dropped 15% over the same period a year earlier and were 21% lower than during the same period in 2021.
The NRA reports several examples of program successes in which children who were in live situations where a gun was found lying around did exactly as the program instructed them to. [6] They say that a decline in accidental gun deaths dating from the 1980s is due to the program, a claim that is contested by safety experts. [7]
The Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 and the state laws passed in pursuance thereof "zero tolerance" laws, must afford the maximum amount of procedural due process to the student who are expelled for bringing a weapon to school. [2] The Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 makes no mention or provision for procedural due process, except to make a provision ...
Before Florida’s legislative session even begins, the bill that would allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit is just a few steps away from becoming law.
A second-grader in Baltimore, Maryland, was suspended in March 2013 for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a mountain, which school officials mistook for a gun. [20] This resulted in the proposal of the "Reasonable School Discipline Act of 2013" in Maryland (SB 1058) [21] and the "Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act" (HB 7029 and SB 1060) in Florida.
Florida does not require a permit or license to buy a gun and does not require registration — you must be a resident 21 or older unless you are a law enforcement or corrections officer or are in ...