/tags/gun-control gun control en-US SAčúŒÊŽ«Ä± Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:11:00 GMT /government-politics/2026-03-20/uthmeier-elaborates-on-why-a-nondangerous-felon-shouldnt-be-banned-from-owning-a-firearm Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is elaborating on his newly espoused legal opinion that Florida’s ban on felons possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment when it comes to those who have committed nonviolent felony offenses. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:11:00 GMT /government-politics/2026-03-20/uthmeier-elaborates-on-why-a-nondangerous-felon-shouldnt-be-banned-from-owning-a-firearm Mitch Perry | Florida Phoenix /government-politics/2026-01-30/gun-safety-advocates-push-to-preserve-floridas-red-flag-law The Florida House of Representatives voted earlier this month (for the fourth year in a row) to lower the legal age to purchase a long gun from 21 to 18. Now at least one member of the House wants to revoke another provision of the law approved after the Parkland shooting, establishing risk-protection orders. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:27:00 GMT /government-politics/2026-01-30/gun-safety-advocates-push-to-preserve-floridas-red-flag-law Mitch Perry | Florida Phoenix /government-politics/2026-01-15/florida-house-passes-bill-to-lower-the-age-to-purchase-a-long-gun-to-18-years The vote was 74-37, with five Republicans joining the majority of Democrats in opposing it and one Democrat (Jose Alvarez from Osceola County) supporting the measure. But for the fourth year in a row, the likelihood of the state repealing the law is doubtful, as a companion bill in the Senate has yet to be filed. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:15:43 GMT /government-politics/2026-01-15/florida-house-passes-bill-to-lower-the-age-to-purchase-a-long-gun-to-18-years Mitch Perry | Florida Phoenix /government-politics/2026-01-07/2026-florida-legislative-session-top-issues Florida lawmakers next week will start the 2026 legislative session. With hundreds of bills filed for consideration during the session. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2026-01-07/2026-florida-legislative-session-top-issues Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /government-politics/2025-12-05/floridas-new-open-carry-ruling-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.” A historian makes a case as to why this police, open carry and permitless carry raises security concerns in Florida. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-12-05/floridas-new-open-carry-ruling-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers The Conversation /government-politics/2025-11-19/age-limit-to-buy-guns-in-florida A proposal that would lower the minimum age requirement to purchase a long gun in Florida from 21 to 18 won approval in its first committee stop in the Florida House on Tuesday. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:40:55 GMT /government-politics/2025-11-19/age-limit-to-buy-guns-in-florida Mitch Perry | Florida Phoenix /government-politics/2025-11-14/broward-gun-control-property-tax-gregory-tony Broward leaders expressed their concerns with property tax reform, confusion over gun laws, and frustrations with law enforcement funding. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:09:42 GMT /government-politics/2025-11-14/broward-gun-control-property-tax-gregory-tony Carlton Gillespie /government-politics/2025-11-12/florida-democrats-gun-control Democrats in Florida’s Legislature have filed more than a dozen gun control bills less than two months after the “Gunshine State” legalized open carry. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:30:03 GMT /government-politics/2025-11-12/florida-democrats-gun-control Kaitlyn McCormack | Fresh Take Florida /law-justice/2025-09-12/post-ruling-many-law-enforcement-agencies-have-stopped-enforcing-florida-open-carry-ban Following Wedneday’s decision by the Florida First District Court of Appeal striking the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says his deputies will no longer enforce the ban – even though the law hasn’t changed yet. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:56:37 GMT /law-justice/2025-09-12/post-ruling-many-law-enforcement-agencies-have-stopped-enforcing-florida-open-carry-ban Mitch Perry | Florida Phoenix /2025-03-27/florida-raised-gun-buying-age-to-21-after-2018-parkland-shooting-on-wednesday-house-repealed-law The Republican-controlled House voted 78-34 to pass the bill (HB 759), though it remains unclear whether the Senate will take up the issue. The House passed repeal bills in 2023 and 2024, but they did not get through the Senate. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-03-27/florida-raised-gun-buying-age-to-21-after-2018-parkland-shooting-on-wednesday-house-repealed-law Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida