Posted on 02/25/2018 5:34:16 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Today, Governor Rick Scott, the Florida Senate and the Florida House announced their respective plans to stop future mass shooters in our schools.
There are components of the plan that we should all support. Hardening our schools, putting law enforcement in all schools when students are present, training volunteer teachers to use guns and protect children, keeping guns out of the hands of the dangerously mentally ill, and allowing law enforcement and administrators to deal with people who are a danger to themselves or others, are all things that need to be done. Unfortunately, there are gun control measures being considered as well.
The legislature is considering the following gun control measures:
1. A three day waiting period (3-Day Wait) on the purchase of all firearms. There is no way a 3-day waiting period would have stopped the Parkland murderer. He bought his gun many months before committing a planned, premeditated murder of 17 high school students and teachers. Proponents of a 3-day waiting period claim the waiting period is supposed to stop a person from running out in the heat of passion and buying a gun to kill someone. But they ignore the fact that mass shootings have all been planned in advance.
2. Ban on Bump Stocks. This was pulled out of the air to add more gun control to appease anti-gun groups. The regulation of Bump Stocks is currently being addressed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Banning something that is being worked on at the federal leveI is just an excuse to add another gun-ban-type item to the list. It had nothing to do with the Parkland shooting.
3. Raise the age limit to purchase rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21. 18 year-olds can vote, purchase a car, sign a legal contract, become a law enforcement officer, join the military and go overseas and die for our country – but they shouldn’t be able to buy a rifle or shotgun for self-defense, hunting or target shooting? This is a punitive, misguided and failed approach. The result is that a 20-year-old man or woman would not be able to purchase ANY firearm for self-defense, hunting or any other lawful purpose.
If raising the age to purchase a long gun would have stopped the Parkland killer from purchasing a gun legally how could it have stopped him from purchasing one illegally?
We must address BEHAVIOR -- and that is not accomplished with gun control. Punishing law-abiding gun owners for the acts of a criminal, instead of focusing on the abject failures of the FBI, Broward Sheriff’s office, Dept. of Children and Families, and a Deputy Sheriff who wouldn’t go into the school and stop the shooter is the wrong way to deal with this situation. We can do better.
Please EMAIL Governor Rick Scott, Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, incoming Senate President Bill Galvano and incoming House Speaker Jose Oliva IMMEDIATELY and tell them NO GUN CONTROL.
Urge them to provide armed security in schools and tighten mental health laws to keep guns out of the hands of those who are a danger to themselves or others BUT LEAVE THE RIGHTS OF LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS ALONE.
IN THE SUBJECT LINE PUT: DON’T BLAME GUN OWNERS FOR PARKLAND
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rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com negron.joe@flsenate.gov richard.corcoran@myfloridahouse.gov jose.oliva@myfloridahouse.gov galvano.bill@flsenate.gov officeofthesenatepresident@flsenate.gov RC@richardcorcoran.com .
He might as well remove Israel from office; so his fellow rats begin squealing
All the Broward rat-faces weren’t going to vote for Rick Scott anyway to unseat Bill Nelson, whose beginning to look more and more like Willie Nelson as he ages (minus the hair.)
Midterm disaster
Thanks Rick Scott
I called and emailed
Slam them folks
I want the age limited raised - with exemptions for responsible young people.
No way, no how do I want Broward young punks to own guns. Period.
Good God, I would hate to entertain that thought. But anything is possible.
What evidence is there to back up that suspicion:
1. BSO Sheriff’s (Rat) men stand down during the shooting.
2. BSO’s SRD (Peterson) reports but fails to accost the approaching lethal threat -Cruz.
3. BSO’s SRD (Peterson) failure to assess Cruz to the BCSB (1/17) Or maybe the report went POOF!
4. BCSB maintains no live feed on the MSD HS video surveil. (What about the other 300 BC schools?)
5. BCSD, BSO, NAACP, State Atty., & Broward Judicial system COLLUDE to give SANCTUARY to criminal youth - in order to profit from federal funding.
6. FBI ignores (or claims they ignored) an imminent lethal threat to BC school children.
Feel free to add any one to the list that has been lost in the fog of war.
Oh yea, the immediate response by selected ANTI -2A students grandstanding on the yet unfilled coffins of their deceased classmates. (Baldie & Pretty) And all their upcoming marches and parades with Clooney & Oprah’s millions to spend.
Wonder why these events did not spring from the bloody Vegas massacre? 59 dead 500 wounded. That was a much bloodier mess with lots of live video footage to beat the Anti-drum. hmmm.
Debbie Wasserman
Shultz is leading the attack in FL .
She politicized the Virgil .
She is not from here !
He's right, in an odd sort of way - I don't want the NRA to compromise quite as much as it does.
How many tens of thousands are killed and maimed by drunken drivers
Nobody asking Americans to give up their right to alcoholic beverages or boycotting manufacturers of booze
DSW -Mayo—Medusa-head—Gargoyle- etc.
She’s a carpet-bagger of the worst kind- a brazen unscrupulous unapologetic opportunist
Raise to 21 the right to vote and drive; that will teach them.
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