GOA and GOF Urge Supreme Courtroom to Strike Down Florida Gun Ban for Younger Adults
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Gun House owners of America (GOA) and Gun House owners Basis (GOF), joined by a coalition of allied organizations, have filed a vital amicus temporary urging the U.S. Supreme Courtroom to take up NRA v. Glass and strike down Florida’s unconstitutional ban on gun purchases by law-abiding 18-to-20-year-old adults.
The Eleventh Circuit Courtroom of Appeals beforehand upheld the Florida statute, which criminalizes firearm purchases by adults below 21—regardless that they’re authorized adults below each federal and state regulation, eligible to vote, serve within the army, and totally certain by the regulation. GOA’s temporary argues that the Eleventh’s Circuit’s ruling is flatly inconsistent with the Supreme Courtroom’s Bruen choice and depends on irrelevant historic analogies that the Courtroom has already rejected.
GOA’s amicus submitting additionally emphasizes that the suitable to maintain and bear arms essentially consists of the suitable to accumulate them; and that there was no historic custom on the time of the Founding that justifies disarming younger adults. The truth is, 18-year-olds have been anticipated to arm themselves and serve within the militia.
Sam Paredes, Govt Director of Gun House owners of California and on behalf of Gun House owners Basis, issued the next assertion:
“This case is about restoring the rights of younger Individuals who’ve been handled as second-class residents. These are authorized adults who might be drafted, who can serve within the armed forces, and who’re held totally accountable below the regulation—however Florida says they can’t legally buy a firearm for self-defense. That’s not simply unconstitutional; it’s offensive. We urge the Supreme Courtroom to grant certiorari and reverse this harmful precedent.”
Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President of Gun House owners of America, issued the next assertion:
“The Eleventh Circuit’s ruling on this case is a direct risk to the Second Modification rights of thousands and thousands of younger adults. If allowed to face, it’s going to invite each anti-gun legislature within the nation to assault enumerated freedoms below the guise of ‘public security.’ The Structure doesn’t have an age restrict, and the Courtroom’s personal Bruen choice makes clear that states can’t invent fashionable bans out of skinny air. The Supreme Courtroom must intervene.”
Luis Valdes, Florida State Director for Gun House owners of America, issued the next assertion:
“This regulation has been a slap within the face to accountable younger Floridians for much too lengthy. In court docket, the state of Florida argued that adults below 21 lack the psychological schools to personal or possess firearms—however in some way a 19-year-old can nonetheless turn into a police officer and implement these very legal guidelines. That sort of hypocrisy exposes the weak point of their argument. These are authorized adults who deserve the complete safety of the Structure, and GOA is proud to help this problem all the best way to the Supreme Courtroom.”
GOA spokesmen can be found for interviews. Gun House owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying group representing over two million members and activists. For extra info, go to GOA’s Press Middle.
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