“A majority of Americans support common-sense measures to reduce gun violence”, she said.
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Students and others in Florida have called for stricter gun control measures, in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 dead last month.
The massacre prompted calls for tougher gun laws across the country, including Florida. What we should be concerned about is not what group likes what, but can we come together, put a meaningful safety package out there and pass it that’s going to save lives.
Delaying consideration of the measure (SB 7026) until next week would affect the House’s ability to hear the Senate bill because of procedural reasons, Negron said. Invoking the Second Amendment is a well-worn argument that most Americans feel does not permit possession of assault rifles or allow those deemed risky to the general public to own guns.
The Senate will take up the wide-ranging bill for member questions before getting ready for a final vote on Monday.
Nineteen amendments were filed on the bill – eight by Republicans and 11 by Democrats.
The Senate subcommittee rejected the proposal, which was an amendment to Senate Bill 7022.
Understandably, this bill isn’t sitting well with people who have simply had ENOUGH. Most of the money for the program would be spent on training.
The Senate had planned to take up its version of the legislation Friday, but with dozens of amendments drafted by Democrats, Senate leaders chose to spend almost eight hours Saturday debating the issue.
We asked Galvano’s office about the discrepancy in the report’s count of Florida schools (2,432) versus Galvano’s (3,800).
Randi Weisselberg, whose 15-year-old daughter survived the shooting, said through tears, “The entire world is standing up and begging you to fix this problem”.
The bill would leave it up to the discretion of individual school districts to decide whether they wanted to arm teachers or not. Senate leaders told the Times/Herald they made a decision to call the bill back and revise it, rather than push through last minute changes.
The Florida bill includes $18.3million for mobile crisis teams working with the Department of Children and Families and the schools; $500,000 for mental health first aid training: and $69million for mental health assistance to school districts.
In Washington, the push for new regulation and significantly strengthened background checks appeared to lose political momentum as lawmakers filtered back to the Senate and the House. President Donald Trump supports it.
“There is not a big, substantial issue that has clogged this thing up”, he said. This is clearly an issue in many shootings, including recent ones in Citrus County.
A board of county commissioners is honoring the Florida police officer credited with taking a suspected school shooter into custody about an hour after 17 people were gunned down at a nearby high school. Arming teachers will not create a safer environment at school, but presents an additional threat to the safety of students that only exists when teachers carry guns in the classroom. They accuse lawmakers of pandering to the National Rifle Association.
The freshman building where the shooting happened is now cordoned off and covered with banners from other schools showing solidarity.
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The Broward State Attorney’s office says a court hearing on the matter scheduled for Tuesday was canceled because of the agreement.
