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Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who is in a tight race against Republican Rep.Carlos Curbelo, has made the gun violence issue the cornerstone of her campaign.

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.

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.

While Rep. Wasserman Schultz continues to press for stricter gun laws, the congresswoman from Weston, Florida, who alongside Rep. Ted Deutch (D), has introduced