Lawmakers want to raise age to buy rifles, shotguns in New Jersey

You may soon be barred from legally buying a rifle or shotgun in New Jersey until you turn 21.

The latest gun-control bill introduced by Democratic lawmakers in the New Jersey Legislature would raise the minimum age to obtain a permit to purchase either weapon in the Garden State from 18 to 21.

That would match up with current state law that requires people to be 21 to buy handguns from licensed dealers.

It's the latest in a string of bills sponsored by Democrats make New Jersey's already tough gun laws even tougher -- an effort that has increased in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and other massacres.

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