Politicians 'will not get re-elected' if gun laws don't change.

[mia]

Sheriff promises Florida vigil attendees: Politicians 'will not get re-elected' if gun laws don't change

Hundreds of people attended vigils remembering the 17 victims who were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday, with the sheriff responsible for overseeing the case telling attendees at an evening gathering that gun laws must be fixed.

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel made pointed comments on gun control, saying, "If you are an elected official and you want to keep things the way they are and not do things differently, if you wanna keep the gun laws as they are now -- you will not get re-elected in Broward County."

The statements receiving a round of applause and standing ovation from the crowd....

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mourn-potential-lost-vigil-held-17-victims-parkland/story?id=53122482

[Gabi Hayes]

1. Hi de ho!

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article200395164.html

As Democrats called Thursday for restricting access to weapons after the worst high school shooting in American history, two South Florida Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio, who received millions of dollars in political help from the National Rifle Association, and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, the single largest recipient of direct NRA campaign cash among Floridians in the House of Representatives since 1998, said gun control legislation won’t stop mass shootings.

Rubio’s voice trembled with emotion during a 30-minute interview with the Miami Herald in which he argued that legislation to limit access to semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 or laws to make it tougher to purchase firearms legally wouldn’t have prevented the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

“It is unfair to argue that there’s nothing we can do other than be more careful,” Rubio said. “It’s also unfair to argue that the reason why people are suffering today is because there’s some great law out there that if we had just passed it, it wouldn’t have happened. It’s not accurate. Both of those things are wrong.”

More or less than $1,000,000 from the NRA Into your pockets, thirsty little Mario?

[mia]

4. Also, Miami's "Diaz-Balart is also the single largest recipient of NRA cash among Floridians...

Diaz-Balart is also the single largest recipient of NRA cash among Floridians in Congress since 1998, according to an analysis by the Washington Post. Diaz-Balart has received $26,450, according to the Post.

Thanks for your link to the Herald article.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. No school today

Just surfing

Staggering venality is a powerful mix with boundless hypocrisy

It is now the POT

party of trump

No more GOP, if you please

[Vinca]

2. This should be true nation wide. One of the most despicable interviews I saw yesterday

was a moment with Chuck Grassley. He was the sponsor of the bill that Trump signed allowing people with mental illness to buy guns. What was Chuck's response to this shooter? Well . . . we have to look into mental illness. He actually said that.

[oberliner]

5. They know no irony

Here are the co-sponsors of that resolution:

Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Richard Shelby (R- Ala.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Pat Roberts, (R-Kan.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).

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9. Parkland vs. NRA-Land

[PA Democrat]

3. There should be a voter registration drive at every high school and college campus in this country

The outrage expressed by so many of the young witnesses to the latest school massacre should be funneled into political activism. We can encourage our children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to be informed and to engage in the political process.

My kids were in elementary school when the Columbine school massacre occurred and I remember their fear. We are seeing an entire generation of kids who have to live with the fear that the same thing can happen at their school, at their college campus.

If the NRA whores in our bodies of government refuse to act, we need to engage our young people to work with us to vote every single one of them out of office. Even kids too young to vote can be enlisted to volunteer for candidates who will commit to fight against the efforts of the NRA and their enablers.

[Fred Sanders]

7. #NationalSchoolStrikeForGUNControl.

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8. One can only hope so

The is the ONLY way things will change. If Rubio and the rest of the gun whores lose their jobs, you will see change. People need to treat this as the #1 issue on their agendas.