“Sen. Rubio, I want to like you”.
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“When we found out, this is not a drill”, Hernandez said late Wednesday night, “it’s nearly like the world came crashing down and souls died in a way”.
“Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, attorney and the junior United States Senator for Florida”.
Later on during the town hall, another Florida lawmaker, Democratic congressman Ted Deutch was put on the spot.
According to a mission statement for March For Our Lives, students across the country will converge on Washington next month to say the nation can no longer wait to tackle issues of school safety and gun control reform.
Throughout the event, Rubio found himself in the hot seat, fielding the majority of the questions.
There were moments, like when Rubio was repeatedly asked by Parkland student Cameron Kasky whether he would accept any future contributions from the NRA, that were cringe-worthy.
Rubio did not answer, saying only “people buy into my agenda”.
The Florida senator also said it is not the NRA’s money that has a large impact on gun policy. “I’m trying to be clear and honest here: someone who has chose to commit this crime, they will find a way to get the gun to do it”, he said. “I’ve hunted all my life”. But an AK-47 and an AR-15 is not for hunting.
“It is too easy to get”, Guttenberg added.
One of the first parents to take the state was Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was shot in the back as she ran away from the shooter, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, on Valentines day. “And I’m fighting for you”, she said, looking at the students in the crowd. Bill Nelson. Both Deutch and Nelson said they would support a ban on assault weapons. Anyone who’s willing to show change no matter where they are from, anyone who’s willing to start to make a difference is somebody we need on our side here.
Addressing the members of the mainstream media in attendance at CPAC directly, Loesch criticized the outlets for providing wall to wall coverage of mass shootings while largely ignoring the constant bloodshed occurring in violent cities like Chicago.
President Donald Trump hosted a listening session at the White House with survivors of the Florida school shooting and their parents on Wednesday.
A vocal supporter of the organization, Dana Loesch, was scheduled to appear later in the program. They cheered the confiscation of firearms. He said he does not believe the NRA influences gun policy.
The sheriff of Broward County disagrees, “You just told this group of people you’re standing up for them”. And while the NRA opposes it, there’s good reason to believe that banning some semi-automatic weapons would decrease mass shootings – gun massacres fell drastically when the previous assault weapons ban was in place between 1994 and 2004, then rose again once it expired.
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When asked about raising the age limit for purchasing firearms, Loesch defended the NRA’s position.
