Thousands of Florida high school students and protesters rallied Wednesday at the state Capitol to demand that lawmakers take action in the final weeks of the legislative session to curb the sale of assault-style rifles....
As lawmakers were condemned on the steps of the Capitol, a bipartisan group in the House and Senate continued working to hash out a set of bipartisan proposals that could be voted on as early as next week in response to the shooting. Amid the din of young protesters....
The proposals represent a sharp break from the state’s traditional response to mass-casualty gun violence. Though a contested state in presidential elections, Florida has a long history as a laboratory of gun-rights legislation pushed by the powerful National Rifle Association.
The state spearheaded efforts to establish concealed-carry permits and a “stand-your-ground” law, which protects citizens who use deadly force if they feel they are in imminent danger. Many state leaders, including Republican Gov. Rick Scott, boast high NRA approval ratings.
National gun control groups, including the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and a group founded by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), helped to organize the rally in Tallahassee and then led hundreds of students to clog the hallways of the state capitol building in protest afterward.
“Legislative proposals that prevent law-abiding adults aged 18-20 years old from acquiring rifles and shotguns effectively prohibits them for purchasing any firearm, thus depriving them of their constitutional right to self-protection,” said Jennifer Baker, an NRA spokeswoman.
“We are in a very vulnerable place right now,” said Sen. Lauren Book, a Democratic lawmaker who represents Broward County and has been organizing the bipartisan outreach. “There is very little margin for error. There is not a lot of time. And I think there are some who are incendiary and want to throw stones and create havoc because they have their own agendas.”
President Trump leaned forward and listened intently for nearly an hour Wednesday afternoon as students, parents and teachers begged him to do something, anything, to prevent a mass shooting from happening at another school.
The 70-minute listening session with students, parents and teachers at the White House was a remarkable event with participants’ raw emotions often on display...some students talking what happened there in frequently..and they also requested to him to try to not it happened it again in school ..because nobody does not want to see shootout in school..
they want to a peaceful world and society..
President Trump broadly promised that he would try best...
“It’s very difficult, it’s very complex, but we’re going to find the solution,” he said. “There are many different ideas. Some, I guess, are good. Some aren’t good. Some are very stringent, as you understand, and a lot of people think they work, and some are less so.”
The discussion between parents,students and President Trump was over at last..All of the students then came back with happy mood..thanks to
