National Rifle Association v. Commissioner, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · No. 21-12314
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
En banc court upheld Florida's ban on firearm purchases by 18-to-20-year-olds.
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What the court held
After the Parkland shooting, Florida barred anyone under 21 from purchasing a firearm, and the NRA and an individual member argued the law violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments as applied to 18-to-20-year-olds. Sitting en banc, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the state, holding the purchase ban is consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation. Three dissenting opinions argued the historical analogues, including nineteenth-century minor-sale statutes and university campus codes, were too dissimilar to support a categorical ban on purchases by adults.
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What this case is about
Florida law prohibiting the purchase of firearms by 18-to-20-year-olds
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Key Dates
- 2025-03-14 — Decided
- 2024-10-22 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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