gun<\/a> laws working their way to Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 desk \u2014 many of which have to do with where and when you can openly carry a firearm.<\/p>\nIt comes after a decision from a Florida judge in September, who ruled the state’s long-standing ban on open carry was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the big picture, it’s a win for the Second Amendment supporters, so we’re always for that,\u201d Florida Gun Show GM Robert Geisler said.<\/p>\n
Second Amendment advocates like Geisler say the new open-carry rules give citizens more options. But it\u2019s also reopening the debate in Tallahassee on where guns should be allowed. Some lawmakers are seeking to double down on existing laws prohibiting guns in places like schools, courthouses and polling centers, and others are looking to repeal some of those restrictions in places like college campuses.<\/p>\n
The other discussion taking place in the Capitol is around how old you need to be to purchase a rifle. The House passed a bill in the session\u2019s first week that would lower the age to buy a rifle from 21 to 18.<\/p>\n
The bill passed after a lengthy debate, with many arguing that bringing the age back down to 18 would repeal a lot of the progress made in the wake of the Parkland shooting that left 17 dead at the hands of a 19-year-old gunman.<\/p>\n
\u201cRolling back this law would once again place lethal weapons into the hands of teenagers at their most vulnerable developmental stage,\u201d said Yvonne Haynes Hinson, D-Gainesville.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Geisler, however, argues for the change that would still need to pass the Senate and Gov. DeSantis\u2019 desk to become law.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you’re able to sign up to go to the military, you’re legally an adult at 18, I think if you can pass a background check, you should be able to buy a rifle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
You could make the 4 \u00bd hour drive to Tallahassee \u2014 or you could stop by this weekend\u2019s gun show and listen.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease come out. Come to the show. Take the course,\u201d Geisler said. \u201cWe go over all that. We’ll answer all your questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From open carry to age requirements, Florida lawmakers are debating the state\u2019s gun laws. TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-131825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}