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A Florida House panel voted to repeal the state's minimum age of 21 for purchasing a rifle.

The age requirement was enacted after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Opponents, including Parkland survivors and safety advocates, argue the repeal breaks a promise to learn from the tragedy.

Proponents of the bill state it restores the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding 18 to 20-year-olds.

Despite pleas from Parkland survivors, grieving families, student groups, safety advocates and Democrats, a Florida House panel voted to repeal the state's minimum age requirement for purchasing a rifle – a protection originally put in place after the 2018 Valentine’s Day mass shooting at a Broward County high school.

The bill ( HB 133 ) now is cl

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