A vote was held yesterday in the Florida House on a gun proposal package that included the controversial measure of raising the age to buy a firearm to 21 from the 18 it's currently set to and having a three-day wait period for purchasing a weapon.
Pensacola representative Clay Ingram and Spring Hill Representative Blaise Ingoglia, also chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, both sided with Democrats on the vote, commenting that they couldn't support what would ultimately be the weakening of rights granted by the second amendment. Though it passed 23-6, Ingoglia mentioned that "What I disagreed with was raising the age to purchase a gun to 21. I don't believe we should limit the ability of single moms and young families to protect themselves."
Ingram added to Ingoglia's concern's by commenting that "I've seen so many cases of people defending themselves from rapes and other crimes with a firearm and some of those people are between 18 and 21. To put those people out of being able to defend themselves, that bothers me."
The narrative has largely shifted to having stricter gun control laws enacted in order to prevent future tragedies like the Parkland shooting from happening, but second amendment activists argue that adding more laws would only affect law abiding citizens.
Heading into the 2018 midterm election, it seems that gun control will be at the forefront of issues, and reaching a solution is heavy on lawmakers' minds.
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We should review the system in place before adding more oversight to it. The issue is clear, see something-say something, do something FAILED US AGAIN. Whether it is a family member, such as the spouse of the Pulse nightclub shooter, a significant other, such as the girlfriend of the Vegas shooter, or the Sheriff and FBI failing to act when informed, such as with the Parkland school shooting, warnings were seen, but never acted on. It is not just firearms that kill, it is anything a mad person to use at time of their anger. I believe metal heath should be reviewed in the process, but be mindful that mentally handicap people are allowed to have licenses and drive motor vehicles. So be careful not to infringe on rights (2A) while you allow privileges (drivers license) to to same groups. It is easy to blame firearms, when the real issues of is problematic and deadly in our society are not under scrutiny. Legal Marijuana has raises vehicle accidents 15% per CDC 2016 report. Discuss how THC and CBD should be regulated, that is a meaningful conversation. Access to mental health is restricted as specialty on most insurance plans. Creating easy of access to these much needed treatments, that is a meaningful conversation. Getting to root of why the imbalance of emotions, feelings, and actions is greater today than vs twenty years ago, that is a meaningful conversation. Again, the road less traveled will get us to a reasonable solution. Don't remove rights in the process to appease the minority issue.
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