The Latest: NRA files lawsuit over Florida gun control law
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March 9, 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Florida high school (all times local):
6:15 p.m.
The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed, saying it violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21.
The lawsuit came just hours after Gov. Scott, a Republican, signed the compromise bill Friday afternoon.
Lawyers for the NRA want a federal judge to block the new age restriction from taking effect.
The new legislation raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, extends a...
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