The National Rifle Association is challenging a Florida law that raised the age to purchase rifles and other long guns. The NRA filed the lawsuit after the passage of a sweeping school-safety law enacted in the Florida Legislature that increased the age to purchase long guns from 18-21. Marion Hammer, the NRA’s Florida lobbyist and former national president, said the age restriction is an unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment right to purchase firearms for self-defense.
