Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said during a June 1 interview that he supports states’ rights to bar “irresponsible 18-year-olds” from purchasing firearms, but he won’t support any federal restrictions.
As the governor of Florida in the wake of the Parkland High School shooting in 2018, Scott signed a bill from the GOP-controlled state Legislature raising the minimum age to buy guns from 18 to 21, though 18-year-olds were still permitted to possess firearms.
“We’ve got some very responsible 18-year-olds, and then we’ve got some irresponsible 18-year-olds,” Scott said during an appearance on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” where he defended the idea of age restrictions but said that the decision to pass such legislation should be left to the states….