The Sacramento Bee: No gun purchases before the age of 21 under California bill

Wednesday, February 28 2018

A state senator is pushing a bill to raise the minimum age to legally purchase rifles and shotguns in California to 21.

Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, amended Senate Bill 1100 on Wednesday to prohibit someone from purchasing more than one gun in 30 days and to increase the age limit to buy all firearms to 21.

"As a parent, I've been distressed about what's going on in Florida and very encouraged by the activism by the students," said Portantino, a father of two daughters. "Anybody who has watched the young people has to be moved and shame on folks in Washington who are not moved. If they are not going to do it, we’ll do it."

Current state law sets the age limit to purchase rifles and shotguns at 18 and imposes a higher age restriction of 21 on handgun sales. With some exceptions, in California it's illegal to own an assault weapon, such as the AR-15 Nikolas Cruz used during an attack that left 17 of his Parkland, Fla. classmates dead earlier this month.

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