The National Rifle Association ain’t puttin’ up with any gun grabbin’ by them liberals in the Florida legislature and their spineless GOP collaborators!!!!!
BREAKING: National Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over Florida legislation that raises the age to buy guns to 21.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 9, 2018
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The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed, saying it violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21.
The lawsuit came just hours after Gov. Scott, a Republican, signed the compromise bill Friday afternoon.
Lawyers for the NRA want a federal judge to block the new age restriction from taking effect.
The new legislation raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, extends a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns and bans bump stocks that allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire. It also creates a so-called “guardian” program that enables teachers and other school employees to carry handguns.
The new measures come in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.
BOOM! Suck on that, gun grabbers!!
Ironically, half the bill actually had pro-gun measures in it, but it looks like that wasn’t enough for the NRA: Freedom’s last chance or something. BRB gonna shoot my bump-stocked AR-15 in the air, Iraqi-wedding-style, to celebrate!!!!*
*just kidding, I’d get arrested in seconds if I did that.
UPDATE: Just to clarify, some were confused by tone that appeared to mock the NRA in their decision to sue Florida. That was not my intention. I, and el scoopo, believe the lawsuit to be reasonable and worthwhile. I literally say, “boom suck on that, gun grabbers” intentionally.