UPDATED: Florida governor signs bill imposing limits on guns in what could become blueprint...
Source: The Washington Post
By Washington Post Staff March 9 at 3:12 PM
Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican who has an A-plus rating from the National Rifle Association, defied the powerful group by signing the bipartisan legislation. The bill would impose a three-day waiting period for most purchases of long guns and raise the minimum age for purchasing those weapons to 21. It also would create a program to train and arm school employees.
The legislation is a response to the Feb. 14 slayings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead. It signaled a major shift for a state known as a legal laboratory for gun rights activists.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/09/florida-governor-signs-bill-imposing-limits-on-guns-in-what-could-become-blueprint-for-other-states-weeks-after-parkland-massacre
This article is at the same link as, above. Washington Post changed the headline, as well, to what it is below
UPDATE:
Florida Gov. Rick Scott breaks with NRA to sign new gun regulation
By Michael Scherer March 9 at 3:19 PM
Florida Gov. Rick Scott defied his longtime allies at the National Rifle Association Friday to sign into law a new set of gun regulations, three weeks after a school shooting claimed 17 lives in his state.
Scott said he was signing the legislation because this is a time for all of us to come together, roll up our sleeves and get it done.
The law, passed by Republican legislative leaders and a number of Democrats, marks a major shift for a state known as a laboratory for gun rights legislation, including legal protections for people who use guns in self-defense and an expansive concealed carry law.
It comes as federal efforts to address the Feb. 14 slayings at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have sputtered, despite calls from President Trump for bipartisan action. The U.S. Senate has no bill scheduled for debate, and the only measure moving in the House of Representatives is a bill to increase shooting response training for students and teachers.
The Florida law imposes a three-day waiting period for most purchases of long guns, raises the minimum age for purchasing those weapons to 21, and ban the possession of bump stocks, devices that can make semi-automatic weapons fire like fully-automatic firearms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/florida-gov-rick-scott-breaks-with-nra-to-sign-new-gun-regulation/2018/03/09/e5d1f02e-23b2-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html?utm_term=.cb988f20701e
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)It's a start, but crumbs.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)military style weapons from civilian use, then this is a start, but crumbs. And the activists you and I see on tv and on the internet state that is their goal.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Military style weapons are the crumbs, and banning them would have an almost insignificant effect.
MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)It can't end here.
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)and I had to exit the site. Dana Loesch has said the same exact thing!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)NRA worm is turning over in its vile den.
No more A+ for Scott and he should be proud of the downgrade as anyone should be.
The "arming the teachers" part will never be implemented because teachers will never go for it, so it is all good.
The NRA never was and never will be invincible. All it took was a general sense of human decency and logic.
Gunner, beware, we are coming for our regulations on your guns.
FM123
(10,053 posts)RKP5637
(67,109 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:03 PM - Edit history (1)
iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)Scott is at the end of his second term as Governor.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)RKP5637
(67,109 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts),He did not agree with arming Teachers. He thought that job was for Police Officers, in his statement today.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)It's not enough but it's good first step, and I hope that we can do more, and better!
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)I'm a recent transplant to Broward.
FM123
(10,053 posts)ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)Love the sun!
Lunabell
(6,082 posts)Or private sales?
samir.g
(835 posts)Keep the momentum!
Ligyron
(7,633 posts)No matter what "style" it is.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Sure, it's not "enough." But it's the leading edge of a sea change. It's monumental.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)"The bill signed Friday raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, extends a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns and bans bump stocks that allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire.
It also creates a so-called "guardian" program that enables teachers and other school employees to carry handguns."
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Yes, this new legislation includes arming teachers and other school employees, aka 'guardians'. What exactly the new program involves we'll see. It's opening a dangerous door and I'm suspicious, for good reason!
"NRA FILES LAWSUIT OVER FLORIDA GUN CONTROL LAW," MSN/US News, March 9, 2018
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nra-files-lawsuit-over-florida-gun-control-law/ar-BBK47r3?getstaticpage=true&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15
In the article, longtime FL gun rights activist, MARION THE HAMMER is livid!
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I've mentioned my interest in public education before, at least 6 relatives went into teaching over three generations including a teacher sister, and my work as a public museum educator. I'm also fairly familiar with Broward Co., FL (Boca Raton, Parkland) through a relative and kids who lived there. It's a more educated, upscale area and I'm so glad these smart, activist kids who survived the shooting are pushing really hard against this Scourge in our nation!
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)How many Politicians were owned by Hammer. Most never heard of her, but now they know.
Explains all of the horrible gun laws enacted in Florida, including the , Stand your ground law that let Zimmerman kill an innocent teen and walk away.