Sentences with phrase «old gun purchase»

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Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

Dick's and Walmart both raised the minimum age to purchase guns to 21 post-Parkland, where accused 19 - year - old shooter Nikolas Cruz had purchased a shotgun at Dick's and had used an AR - 15 in the assault on the high school.

The people who have risk protection orders filed against them range in age from a 14 - year - old boy who classmates claimed «wanted to kill someone to see how it feels» to a 63 - year - old man who, court records state, was «seeing spirits» and purchased two shots guns and two handguns, insisting «I can buy as many (firearms) as I want.»

Elizabeth Love, a 17 - year - old advocate and march organizer in Salt Lake City, said mentioned parts of their platform, which includes universal background checks and a waiting period for gun purchases.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teachers.

Stack said he was surprised that the 19 - year - old alleged gunman had purchased a shotgun at a Dick's store last year, although that gun was not the weapon used in the school shooting.

Now, I spend my days trying the answer the unanswerable: How can our Legislature believe it's OK for a 19 - year - old — or anyone other than an active duty military or law enforcement member — to walk into a Coral Springs gun store and purchase an automatic weapon capable of mass destruction?

Sunrise Tactical Supply gun shop, where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz legally purchased the rifle used in the attack, is based in a Coral Springs strip mall.