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Iowa lawmakers working to lower age to buy and carry a handgun

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It’s currently 21, but a bill working its way through the senate lowers it to 18.

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‘Gut punch’: Opposition grows to Florida AG’s announcement he won’t support gun-buying age law

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he disagrees with a federal appeals court’s recent decision upholding a long gun-buying age restriction, passed in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018.

·Orlando, United States
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Iowa lawmakers working to lower age to buy and carry a handgun

It’s currently 21, but a bill working its way through the senate lowers it to 18.

·Cedar Rapids, United States
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Lower the age for gun applicants, says Alexander

The United National Congress’ (UNC) prospective candidate for Tunapuna, Roger Alexander, wants to reduce the age requirement of applicants for firearm user’s licences (FULs).

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Senate subcommittee moves bill allowing 18-20-year-olds to possess handgun - The Iowa Standard

All three members of an Iowa Senate subcommittee voted to advance a bill that allows adults 18-20 years old to possess a handgun. House File 924 already advanced through the Iowa House and is scheduled for committee on Wednesday. Richard Rogers of Iowa Firearms Coalition said the change to Iowa law is long overdue. Both the state and federal constitutions, he said, guarantee a right of the people to keep and bear arms and state that right shall …

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Iowa Senate Considers Lowering Handgun Purchase and Carry Age to 18

Iowa lawmakers are advancing a bill to lower the legal age to buy and carry a handgun from 21 to 18. Supporters say the change aligns with the state’s definition of adulthood and constitutional rights. Critics, including the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, argue the proposal raises public safety concerns, citing data that 18 to 20-year-olds are disproportionately involved in gun violence and face higher suicide risk. The bill passed the House large…

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KCRG broke the news in Cedar Rapids, United States on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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