Florida lawmakers pass gun-safety laws

Updated March 8 2018 - 11:31am, first published 10:50am
Florida lawmakers have passed a gun-safety bill in response to the Parkland high school shooting.
Florida lawmakers have passed a gun-safety bill in response to the Parkland high school shooting.

Florida lawmakers have given final passage to a gun-safety package that raises the legal age for buying rifles and imposes a three-day waiting period on all firearms sales, while also allowing the arming of some public school personnel.

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