It also creates a so-called “guardian” program that enables teachers and other school employees to carry handguns.
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However, facing opposition from Scott and many residents in Parkland, the “guardian” program will exclude people who exclusively perform classroom duties, said local media reports. And many Republican-controlled states have responded to the carnage by passing laws that make it easier to obtain firearms.
On what was Valentine’s Day in the United States a gunman shot dead 17 people and injured more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
On Feb. 14, our South Florida community – and perhaps the nation as a whole – was changed forever.
The district is in talks with the students who plan to stage the walkout and will explain the consequences to the students, Squier said. The last text was “Yo” from Cruz at 2:18 p.m.
The indictment, announced by the office of Michael Satz, the Florida state attorney for Broward County, also included 17 counts of attempted murder. It does not curb gun violence.
Broward Health spokeswoman Jennifer Smith said Thursday that Anthony Borges’ condition got critical overnight.
A search warrant shows that investigators requested information on 9 email addresses believed to belong to Cruz, including such usernames as “crazynikolas6979” and “antifakiller69” as they search for any information sought on those accounts on preparing a mass shooting.
“(Scott) put his hand on a bible and took an oath to support, protect and defend the Constitution”, Hammer said in a telephone interview Friday.
President Donald Trump congratulated Florida lawmakers, saying they “passed a lot of very good legislation”.
The NRA suit, filed in the Northern District of Florida, focuses on the part of the law that raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18.
Bans bump stocks, the modification device that converts a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic one.
Scott, a Republican who received the NRA’s endorsement as governor and its highest rating for supporting the rights of gun owners, said the bill represented a compromise balancing concerns on both sides of the gun debate. “It’s nowhere near the long-term solution”, said Chris Grady, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and one of the organizers of the March for Life rally set to take place later this month in Washington, DC. Pollack says other family members are also being asked to travel to the state Capitol.
Rick Scott (R) signed into law on Friday a $400 million piece of legislation that restricts some gun sales and funds new school security as well as mental health measures. It would also prohibit gun sales to Floridians who were committed to mental institutions or deemed mentally incompetent by a judge, and would allow the police – with judicial approval – to bar a person deemed risky from owning guns for up to a year.
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Scott had 15 days to sign the bill into law or veto it.
