Florida lawmakers advanced legislation that would reverse the ban on young adults purchasing firearms, but advocates for the Second Amendment warned that the bill faces an uphill battle.

The state of Florida currently prohibits those younger than twenty-one years old from purchasing firearms and punishes violators with third-degree felony charges. One proposal backed by eleven members of the Florida Legislature would reduce the age to eighteen.

Luis Valdes, who serves as the Florida state director for Gun Owners of America, announced on social media Thursday that the bill was advanced in the Florida House Judiciary Committee.

Valdes warned The Sentinel that the “real battle is in the Senate, where pro-gun legislation has met its demise for two years in a row.” The proposal will be considered by the Florida Senate Rules Committee, which is chaired by Florida Republican State Senator Kathleen Passidomo, who “firmly opposed repealing” the young adult gun ban as the previous Senate President.