/tags/guns Guns en-US WLRN Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-03/florida-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-gun-age-law The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit challenging the age restriction shortly after then-Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature rushed to include it in a sweeping school-safety bill that passed after the February 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-03/florida-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-gun-age-law Dara Kam | News Service Florida /law-justice/2024-08-29/biden-administration-fires-return-shot-in-florida-gun-sales-lawsuit The Biden administration this week urged a U.S. district judge to toss out a Florida lawsuit challenging a new federal rule that requires more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers, disputing state arguments about lost tax revenue from gun shows. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-29/biden-administration-fires-return-shot-in-florida-gun-sales-lawsuit Jim Saunders/News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-08-16/florida-cites-gun-show-attendance-in-a-legal-fight-with-feds Florida this week revamped a lawsuit that challenges a new federal rule requiring more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers, in part pointing to lower attendance at gun shows. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-16/florida-cites-gun-show-attendance-in-a-legal-fight-with-feds Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-08-07/palm-beach-county-gun-owner-challenges-floridas-open-carry-ban Second Amendment groups and a Palm Beach County gun owner Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Florida law that bars people from openly carrying firearms. Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:40:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-07/palm-beach-county-gun-owner-challenges-floridas-open-carry-ban Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-07-31/feds-target-florida-gun-rule-lawsuit The Biden administration this week urged a judge to toss out a Florida lawsuit challenging a new federal rule that will require more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:25:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-07-31/feds-target-florida-gun-rule-lawsuit Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-02-28/no-evidence-of-rising-lgbtq-violent-extremism-or-trans-terrorism Mass shootings are most commonly perpetrated by young men. Experts say most extremist attacks in the past few decades have been motivated by right-wing ideologies. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-02-28/no-evidence-of-rising-lgbtq-violent-extremism-or-trans-terrorism Grace Abels | PolitiFact /transportation/2024-02-26/tsa-guns-airports In 2023, the Transportation Security Administration reported seizing 6,737 firearms at airport checkpoints, the most in the agency’s 23-year history. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT /transportation/2024-02-26/tsa-guns-airports David Scibilia | PolitiFact /law-justice/2024-01-18/florida-case-drug-dealer-guns-sentencing A ruling by a state appeals court in a little-noticed, nearly two-year court battle over a drug arrest in central Florida may have broad implications for Second Amendment rights in a state with so many owners of firearms that it’s sometimes called the “Gunshine State.” Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-01-18/florida-case-drug-dealer-guns-sentencing Silas Morgan | Fresh Take Florida /government-politics/2024-01-05/florida-gun-buying-age A House Republican has renewed an attempt to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 for people to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida, potentially reversing part of a law that passed in the aftermath of the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:35:01 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-05/florida-gun-buying-age Jim Saunders/News Service of Florida /government-politics/2023-10-30/gun-related-proposals-filed-in-the-florida-legislature-face-long-odds Amid mass shootings in Maine and Ybor City, Florida Democrats filed bills that seek to expand rules on storing firearms and discharging guns in residential areas. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:28:32 GMT /government-politics/2023-10-30/gun-related-proposals-filed-in-the-florida-legislature-face-long-odds Jim Turner