Florida lawmakers pass gun control Bill
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source63 florida lawmakers have voted to enact new gun control measures weeks after one of the worst school shootings in us history took place in the state1 the senate narrowly passed a bill that would raise the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21 and require a three-day waiting period for most weapons1 senators voted 20-18 in favour after an amendment removed a provision to arm classroom teachers1 the law now requires approval from the house of representatives and1 seventeen people were killed at marjory stoneman douglas high school in the florida city of parkland on 14 february by former student nikolas cruz1 many of the1 the national minimum age to buy a handgun is already 21 with a three-day waiting period. however a person can be as young as 18 to buy a rifle in florida with no waiting period1