# Florida Carry’s Bold Push: Restoring 2A Rights for Young Adults in the Sunshine State
Florida Carry is rallying the pro-2A faithful for a high-stakes Advocacy Day in Tallahassee on **Wednesday, January 28th, 2026, starting at 9:00 AM**. This isn’t your average lobby day—it’s a direct assault on one of the most egregious post-Parkland restrictions: Florida’s 21+ handgun purchase age minimum, codified in 2018 under Senate Bill 7026. Organizers are mobilizing patriots to flood the Capitol, meeting face-to-face with Senators and House Representatives to demand the restoration of constitutional carry and purchase rights for 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old Floridians. If you’re in the Sunshine State or can make the trek, this is your chance to stand in the room where it happens—register now via Florida Carry’s site and gear up for a day of principled persuasion.
Let’s cut through the noise: This fight isn’t just about age gates; it’s a referendum on whether the Second Amendment has an expiration date on adulthood. Post-Parkland hysteria birthed this 21+ rule, ignoring Supreme Court precedents like *District of Columbia v. Heller* (2008), which affirmed an individual’s right to keep and bear arms unconnected to militia service, and *New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen* (2022), which demolished interest-balancing tests that let politicians override enumerated rights. Florida’s law flunks Bruen’s history-and-tradition scrutiny—18-year-olds could buy long guns and enlist to die for their country since the Founding, yet handguns get the nanny-state treatment? Advocacy Day targets this hypocrisy head-on, especially with a Republican supermajority in the legislature and a governor who’s flirted with 2A sanity. Success here could cascade: Invalidating the age hike paves the way for full constitutional carry, guts red-flag expansions, and signals to blue-state tyrants that Florida’s not playing.
The implications for the national 2A community are electric. A win in Florida—ground zero for concealed carry reciprocity and stand-your-ground—emboldens challenges in states like California and New York, where similar age barriers persist. It flips the script on gun safety theater, proving grassroots firepower trumps emotional appeals. Miss this? You risk entrenching the 21+ norm nationwide. Pro-2A warriors, mark your calendars, carpool if needed, and show Tallahassee that young adults aren’t children when it suits the state—they’re rights-bearing citizens. Who’s with me? Let’s make 2026 the year Florida leads the restoration.
*Event details and registration: [Florida Carry](https://floridacarry.org) – Don’t sit this one out.*
