California Governor Signs Bill Raising Age to Buy Rifles, Shotguns to 21

California Governor Signs Bill Raising Age to Buy Rifles, Shotguns to 21
FILE PHOTO: California Governor Jerry Brown in Sacramento, California, U.S., Jan. 25, 2018. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo
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California Governor Jerry Brown has signed several gun-control measures into law, including one that raises the minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns to 21 from 18.

The new laws, signed Sept. 28, come seven months after a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 14 students and three adults, the second-deadliest mass shooting at a public school in U.S. history.