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Florida’s new red flag law – created to protect the public from future mass shooters – has temporarily stripped gun rights from more than 2,500 people across the state, including at least 100 kids, an I-Team review found.
I-Team Investigator found law enforcement seeking orders to take away gun possession and ownership rights from children as young as 8-years-old – even though state law already prohibits anyone younger than 21 from buying a gun.
“That’s insane,” said Orlando defense attorney Kendra Parris when she heard about the I-Team’s findings.
Among the people hit with so-called risk protection orders since March 2018:
I-Team Investigator found law enforcement seeking orders to take away gun possession and ownership rights from children as young as 8-years-old – even though state law already prohibits anyone younger than 21 from buying a gun.
“That’s insane,” said Orlando defense attorney Kendra Parris when she heard about the I-Team’s findings.
Among the people hit with so-called risk protection orders since March 2018:
- • A 91-year-old man, who claimed he wanted to "even the score" with his late wife's alleged lover;
- • A former U.S. Marine-turned-teacher, who admitted he told students during a lockdown drill how he could be “the best” school shooter;
- • And an 8-year-old in Polk County who got mad at school and then threatened to “get a gun and shoot everybody up.”
FL kids as young as 8-years-old face gun ban under new red flag law
