Florida students lobby to keep 2018 gun control law in wake of recent shooting

Students traumatized by Parkland and Florida university shootings urge lawmakers not to roll back restrictions

Florida students who were traumatized by the 2018 Parkland school shooting - and last week's deadly shooting at Florida State University - are urging lawmakers in the Republican-controlled statehouse not to roll back gun restrictions they passed in the wake of the killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school.

Gun rights activists have been fighting to unravel the 2018 law since it was passed, including a provision that raised the state's minimum age to buy a gun to 21. Governor Ron DeSantis and some Republican lawmakers have argued that if an 18-year-old Floridian can serve in the military, they should be able to purchase a firearm.