Posted on 02/20/2018 3:08:01 PM PST by Kaslin
A busload of surviving students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School traveled to the Florida state capital Tuesday to lobby on behalf of gun control legislation. Despite their efforts, the Florida House has voted down a motion take up a ban on the AR-15, tabling the measure. The vote was 36-71.
Seventeen people were killed and over a dozen injured when a former student opened fire on the school last week. The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, used an AR-15.
Soon after the carnage, lawmakers renewed their calls for a ban on the rifle. It got support from even Republican governors like John Kasich, who wondered why anyone would need a firearm like it.
At about the same time, President Trump declared his support for legislation to ban bump stocks, a feature which gives a gun owner the ability to fire off rounds more quickly.
"We can do more to protect our children," he said at a Medal of Valor ceremony Tuesday afternoon. "We must do more to protect our children.”
Shortly after those remarks, he signed a memo authorizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to enforce the ban.
A larger group of students is expected to stage a protest Wednesday in Tallahassee, but the demonstrations aren't limited to Florida. Over the weekend, protesters staged a "lie-in" at the White House to demand lawmakers take some action on gun control.
While the legislation to ban AR-15s is stalled in the Florida legislature, Republican lawmakers said other measures are still on the table.
Sen. Bill Galvano, a Republican and the incoming Florida senate president, said the state Senate was preparing a package that would include raising the age to purchase any firearm to 21, creating a waiting period for purchasing any type of firearm, banning bump stocks that can enable semi-automatic guns to spray bullets quickly and creating gun-violence restraining orders.
Excellent! Didn’t cave to the exploitation!
It’s very sad to see the students being exploited by the media over this.
>>and creating gun-violence restraining orders.
Don’t we already have laws against gun violence? Did they make it legal in some midnight session of Congress so I need a restraining order now to tell people they can’t shoot me?
Nah its ALL Orchestrated..all part of the plan..Hitler’s army used children for their agenda too..but in this case, when you have a majority liberal community, the parents teach the kids this is what they have learned
Next up:
Voting to ban Dodge Challengers for what happened in Charlottesville.
Right?
Spike’s Tactical actually pays taxes. Sit down kids.
How accurate is the aim of a shooter using a bump stop modification ? A friend of mine modified a Ruger 10/22 to full auto and went to prison for it about 40 years ago...
How about them trying to ban something like 12 gauge over unders or 30 06 rifles first, as they are far more lethal at close range than a military style semi auto firearm?
Nice.
Pretty simple to me ........
Zit faced snowflakes dont vote.
Nice to see reason prevail in the Florida legislature. May other states follow suit.
Nice to see reason prevail in the Florida legislature. May other states follow suit.
Don’t give’em ideas!
“A busload of surviving students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...”
Majorly Stoned Man Dumbass high school.
“It’s very sad to see the students being exploited by the media over this.”
Russia/democrat collusion behind it. Mark my words.
Lera has probably already seen this clip from John Haller. But this sick woman, Kamala Harris actually said the following with regards to the shooting:
“When you see the effect of this extreme violence on a human body and especially the body of a child, maybe it will shock some people into understanding,” she said.
“This cannot be a political issue. We have to be practical.”
Harris said she supports the Second Amendment, but “we have to have smart gun safety laws.”
“And we cannot tolerate a society and live in a country with any level of pride when our babies are being slaughtered,” she said.
Oh REALLY!!!!
HOW ABOUT ABORTION & THE VIOLENCE THAT DOES TO THE BODY OF A CHILD?
You tolerate those 60 million plus being slaughtered don’t you?
This is the mind of a sick & depraved evil fool.
Ban AR’s? For what? So these freaks can run over us and do their will to us?
That’s what’s at stake. They don’t bat an eye over 60 million babies being torn apart and de-branined, but they’ll make you think their sincere with fake tears and anger over a shooting that could give them more political power. Power to do the same to you.
Exactly. If some snot-nosed liberal kid comes to my face and yells at me about leftard points, I;ll tell this zitface to STFU.
Kamala Harris: We can’t live with any pride ‘when our babies are being slaughtered’
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