NRA sues Florida over new gun law

March 10, 2018 19:19

The National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation, just hours after Floridas governor Rick Scott signed it into law.

Lawyers for the NRA want a federal judge to block the new age-restriction on buying a gun raised to 21 from 18 from taking effect, saying it violates the second amendment.

The new legislation raises the minimum age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21, extends a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns, and bans bump stocks that allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire. It also creates a so-called guardian program that enables teachers and other school employees to carry handguns.

The new measures come in the wake of the 14 February shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. The 19-year-old gunman used a legally purchased assault rifle to attack the school, which had expelled him.

Floridas governor, flanked by family members of students who were killed in the massacre, signed the $400m bill that tightens gun laws in the state. It represents a compromise that Scott, a Republican, said balanced our individual rights with need for public safety.

Its an example to the entire country that government can, and has, moved fast, he said.

The bill is not what many of the survivors of the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, wanted, which was a blanket ban on assault weapons for the general public.

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