On Friday, March 9, shortly after the Florida state legislature passed new gun-control legislation into law, the National Rifle Association (NRA) announced that it would sue the state, arguing that new restrictions introduced in the legislation violate the Constitution, according to BBC News. The bill places a three-day waiting period on gun purchases, raises the minimum purchase age to 21, and bans bump stocks, which effectively allow semiautomatic guns to fire like automatics.

The Washington Post reported that, upon signing the bill, Florida Governor Rick Scott stated, “…This is the beginning… [of] a real conversation about how we make our schools safe.” The NRA, on the other hand, has claimed, “This bill punishes law-abiding gun-owners,” and has argued that the age provision is unconstitutional. The organization filed their lawsuit just a little over an hour after the bill was signed into law.

The passage of this bill and the subsequent NRA lawsuit constitute the most recent moves in the ongoing debate about gun control in the United States, which has gained traction since the February 14th school shooting in Parkland, Florida during which 14 students and three staff members were killed. The Majory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting has sparked a storm of political debate, much of which is driven by the survivors. These students, many of whom are 16 and 17, have emerged as some of the most outspoken proponents of gun-control in the national debate, leveraging their experience and passion into leadership of a youth movement that has continued to gain momentum against pro-gun politics and organizations such as the NRA.

Parkland is far from the only mass shooting in recent US history, since October 2017, two other of the country’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred, including the Las Vegas shooting during which 58 people were killed and over 500 injured and the Sutherland Springs church shooting in which 26 people were killed. Parkland has distinguished itself, however, in the tenor of the conversation that has emerged in the aftermath. While conversations regarding gun control always occur in the wake of a mass shooting, the post-Parkland rhetoric has been increasingly fierce on both sides, including arguments for the arming of teachers or for firmer gun control. There has also been increased engagement from young people, led by the Parkland survivors, culminating in the March for Our Lives, planned for March 24 in Washington, D.C. to protest school shootings and the lack of political remedy for such tragedies.

The passage of gun-control legislation in a state that has been as pro-gun rights as Florida may signal a new trend in the national conversation, driven in part by impassioned survivors and other youth who are speaking out against the violence of mass shootings. As the NRA’s lawsuit against the state of Florida and its new gun control legislation shows, however, there are committed proponents on both sides. The gun debate is ongoing, with Florida one of its fiercest battlegrounds. The result of the NRA’s suit against the state and the reactions of youth protestors may give a blueprint for how other battles in this fight will end.