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<p>On the election debate stage Tuesday night, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) turned his back on a promise he made to Floridians after the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-shooter-nikolas-cruz-gets-life-sentence-for-parkland-massacre">tragic Parkland school mass shooting</a> four years ago: to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/parkland-survivors-to-puppet-politicians-how-many-have-to-die">raise the age limit on AR-15 rifle purchases from 18 to 21</a>.</p>
<p>The proposed enhanced restriction would be an attempt to make it more difficult for young adults to buy a semiautomatic rifle that can fire bullets as fast as a person can pull the trigger—one with minimal recoil that makes it easier to continue shooting accurately.</p>
<p>The senator revealed his change of heart Tuesday when answering a question from the moderator, who asked if Rubio still sticks by the pledge he made in the days after the Valentine’s Day school rampage.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/marco-rubio-reneges-on-parkland-promise-to-raise-age-limit-to-buy-ar-15s?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
The proposed enhanced restriction would be an attempt to make it more difficult for young adults to buy a semiautomatic rifle that can fire bullets as fast as a person can pull the trigger—one with minimal recoil that makes it easier to continue shooting accurately.
The senator revealed his change of heart Tuesday when answering a question from the moderator, who asked if Rubio still sticks by the pledge he made in the days after the Valentine’s Day school rampage.
