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Anthony Man

After Parkland shooting, Rubio vowed to support law raising minimum age to buy assault-style rifle. Now he opposes it

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Immediately after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., promised to support a law raising the minimum legal age for buying assault-style rifles.

Now Rubio doesn’t support the idea, arguing it wouldn’t reduce gun violence.

Gun violence and what to do about it produced one of the sharpest exchanges between Rubio and his challenger, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Orlando, in their debate Tuesday night in Lake Worth. It’s the only debate scheduled between the candidates before the Nov. 8 election.

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