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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a sweeping bill hardening schools against would-be attackers into law—the seventh anti-school shooter legislation passed in seven years. The massive bill, SB 1470, employs a wide range of new security protocols for schools, including expanding the state's Guardian Program to child care facilities. This means daycares can use sheriff-trained, […]
The Senate Committee on Fiscal Policy advanced a bill Tuesday to the chamber floor that would increase school safety protocols by expanding oversight of security personnel and tighten campus security requirements to safeguard students and faculty. Sen. Danny Burgess (R-Zephyrhills) sponsored the bill (SB 1470). Sen. Burgess detailed his reasoning for the bill in a […]
TALLAHASSEE—For the third year in a row, the Florida House passed a bill lowering the gun-buying age to 18, reversing a law passed in the wake of the state's deadliest school shooting, even though the Senate has yet to schedule the bill for a hearing. This is the third time the state House has passed […]
TALLAHASSEE—Days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that he would not defend a contentious law banning under-21-year-olds from buying firearms, a House committee on Thursday advanced a bill overturning the Parkland-era law. The measure, HB 759, repeals part of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Act to allow 18 to 20-year-olds to purchase long guns. It […]
TALLAHASSEE—A slew of pro-gun measures flew through their first House committee Wednesday, aimed at expanding firearm access and repealing a swath of 2018's massive gun control act passed after Florida's deadliest school shooting. The three measures, all filed by conservatives, faced scrutiny from the five Democrats on the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee and a crowd […]
Moskowitz Calls for Bipartisan School Safety Reforms Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz is calling on Congress to act on school safety ahead of the seventh anniversary of the Parkland school shooting. In a message to supporters, he emphasized the need for...READ MORE Rep. Jared Moskowitz: "It’s been 7 years since the shooting at my alma mater, […]
Already opposed to open carry laws, Florida Senate President Ben Albritton is unsure if he would agree to one Republican's bill repealing Parkland-era gun laws requiring Floridians to be 21 to purchase firearms. Albritton, a Wauchula Republican, told reporters Monday that because he likes to follow law enforcement's lead on gun issues, and because he […]
After the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, that left 17 innocent teachers and students dead, Broward County Schools has taken measures to ensure there isn't another school shooting in the county. However, some tactics may be more reactive than preventative, such as gearing Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School […]
About a dozen activists with two gun-control advocacy groups dropped off a stack of papers with 13,000 signatures at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office Tuesday as they urged him to veto a bill that would allow armed classroom teachers.
The lawsuits also accuse the Broward Sheriff's Office of failing to try to stop the gunman during the Parkland massacre.
There were only (4) members of the U.S. House of Representatives that did not vote, one of them was Democrat Congressman Ted Deutch.
"What’s truly devastating is that the tragedy in Parkland was avoidable."
Governor-elect Ron DeSantis' transition from gubernatorial candidate to governor of Florida is running smooth, but one of transition team picks, former Brevard Public Schools Superintendent Desmond Blackburn, could be called into question. Blackburn, who is currently the CEO of the New Teacher Center and is seen as embattled Broward County School Board Superintendent Robert Runcie’s […]
This piece of sh*t was in the promise program while in middle school.
Walker is right, unfortunately. While there is, harassment being spewed from both sides of this issue, the hate is especially prevalent coming from the anti-gun lobby.
Democratic lawmakers have pushed the ban weapons agenda as quick fix to the "gun violence" problem in the U.S., but could Demings step back be the beginning of a pull back on the issue?
“I don’t know a lot about guns, and I can acknowledge that, I do know that it’s the bullets that do the killing when they are fired from a weapon.”-Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Florida Congresswoman Val Demings (D) echoed the calls to “address gun violence” across the country.