Like numerous G.O.P. politicians who control the state legislature in Tallahassee, Scott is a longtime shill for the gun lobby.
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At a CNN town hall event last month, spokeswoman Dana Loesch told the crowd that it would be unfair to ask young men and women who are “old enough to vote…old enough to drive a vehicle…[and] old enough to serve [their] country” to wait to purchase long guns (the minimum age for handgun purchases is already set at 21).
“The language was clearly taken out of context when referring to teachers and guns on campus”, Vega said. The state is home to 172 school districts out of 1,023 statewide that have a policy allowing staff to carry firearms, per the Texas Association of School Boards. The bill was signed by Governor Scott, a Republican who has always been a supporter of the Second Amendment, and it was passed by a Republican majority state legislature.
The White House plan proposed only modest changes to the background check system, not the universal background checks 97% of the nation supports.
Never in my life did I think I would have to worry about being shot while at school. “I’m glad everybody’s continuing to stay focused”. Democrats thought they had a deal only to watch Trump renege. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ted Deutch listen during a meeting discuss school and community safety on February 28 at the White House.
Actually, nearly all Senate Democrats were thrilled after that meeting. “Bills are moving forward”, he said. “I’m happy to get done however”.
In a series of tweets published Monday morning, the U.S. president has raised several reasons for this flip-flop, strongly criticized by many elected Democrats and advocates for better gun control.
In the state Senate, Senate Majority Leader Jacob Corman, R-Centre County, received $2,000 from the NRA over the past three years, as did state Sen.
“The problem seems to be that McConnell’s not willing right now to commit”, Murphy told CNN last week. The White House has now confirmed that Cox was correct.
“The president has a tendency to talk about ideas but not necessarily implementing those ideas”.
US President Donald Trump is also calling on states to adopt so-called “red flag” laws to allow authorities to take guns from individuals who are determined by a court to be a threat to themselves or others, according to recommendations released by the White House on Sunday.
The opinion piece mentioned that many of those students and their peers across the country are also close to turning 18, the voting age in the US.
“At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, President Trump failed to show the conviction and steady leadership required to make progress on the issue”. Anytime there is momentum for doing anything that changes the status quo on gun control, the NRA does something to push the conversation in the exact opposite direction, in this case suggesting arming teachers.
Television personality Geraldo Rivera – who had urged the president to consider tougher age limits during a dinner at Trump’s Florida club – tweeted that Trump had “blinked in face of ferocious opposition from #NRA”.
But in a series of Monday morning tweets, he touted his proposal to arm some teachers and sought to justify his backpedaling on the age issue.
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This is not acceptable, and we hope everyone who feels that way, including the loud voices of the Parkland students, make their displeasure heard at the local, state and federal levels. “Things are moving fast on this, but there is not much political support (to say the least)”, he said.
