I am an active Republican in West Central Florida. I got into it with Florida State Senator Wilton Simpson, one of the main stewards of this bill LAST NIGHT. I expressed my severe disappointment with the bill, not because of anything in the bill, and some portions were needed legislation, but because the FLORIDA LEGISLATURE and the GOVERNOR, let the media hysteria drive legislation, instead of holding Broward County Sheriff David Israel ACCOUNTABLE, for the lousy job they did in failing to prevent the tragedy, despite multiple warnings, and despite having armed deputies on the campus during the shooting.
I stated point blank to him “If our Sheriff, Chris Nocco, had been Sheriff of Broward County, this tragedy would have been averted..” Senator Wilton Simpson agreed. But still, he persisted in defending this crisis generated feel good legislation, EVEN ADMITTING THAT ANOTHER TRAGEDY WOULD BE IN THE MAKING BECAUSE OF THE POLITICS OF BROWARD COUNTY.
CONSERVATIVE TALKIES RESPONDING TO THE MEDIA’S WAR ON THE NRA, GUNS, AND THE 2ND AMENDMENT ONLY AIDS THEM IN CONCEALING THE POLICY FAILURES AS A NATIONAL ISSUE WHICH PERMITTED PARKLAND TO OCCUR
WAS PARKLAND AN IDYLLIC SCHOLASTIC SETTING OR A NIGHTMARE
Only an investigation will either dispel or prove that with those policies enforced. Students had all kinds of disciplinary problems (drugs, thefts fights etc) when attending classses there. Were scholastic standards lowered to fit fed DOJ grants ?
WHERE WAS THE DEMAND FOR FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTIGATIONS ????
It’ was not guns or the NRA It’s policies which had cops standing outside while killing was going on or some nut getting a gun the FBI knew he wasn’t suppose to... Plus a whole raft of other stuff
WAS THE DEMAND FOR STATE AND FED INVESTIGATION ON THE POLICIES WHICH CAUSED THIS NOT CONSIDERED BY FLORIDA POLS BECAUSE THE RESULT WOULD BE LAW SUITS AGAINST THE STATE ???
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