Florida House Republicans back a proposal that would repeal part of a law that prevents people under the age of 21 from buying rifles and shotguns.

The Florida House panel has approved a proposal that would repeal a 2018 law preventing people under the age of 21 from buying rifles and shotguns in Florida.

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,

For another consecutive year, Florida Republicans want to lower the firearm purchase age to 18, down from the current minimum of 21.