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As 2020 Democratic presidential candidates continue to run on a gun violence platform that demonizes the gun lobby and the Trump administration, are authorities really doing enough to take guns out of the hands of criminals and those who are mentally unstable?
The ban on bump stocks, which make semi-automatic weapons mimic fully automatic firearms, was included in a law passed this month in response to the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 14 students and three staff members dead and 17 injured.
The bill was sponsored by Florida Congressman John Rutherford (R) and cosponsored by 94 for other legislators including fellow Floridians Reps. Lois Frankel (D),
"Every American should have the right to go to school, to go to church, to go to a mall, to go to a movie theater or a night club without being brutally murdered by someone with a gun"
While the House and Senate Democratic caucuses haven’t taken a position on the measures, the Florida Legislative Black Caucus came out Wednesday in opposition.
Florida’s other U.S. Senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, call for an across the board ban on high capacity magazines and “assault weapons,” as did Democratic Congressman Ted Deutch.
The proposal, in part, calls for at least one school resource officer to be stationed in every public school in the state.
During a television appearance Sunday, Israel pushed back against Hager’s removal request, which came in a letter to Scott.
The meetings will not be open to the public but will be livestreamed by The Florida Channel. The meeting at the Department of Education will include discussion of school safety
Other measures under consideration by Galvano include seeking to improve school safety by identifying gaps in security and potentially expanding a program under
That church-related proposal is scheduled to go to the full Senate next week. The Judiciary Committee is slated to take up Baxley’s measure after Senate leaders Thursday announced a $100 million education proposal