NRA sues over new Florida gun legislation: report

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

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The National Rifle Association has reportedly filed a lawsuit over Florida gun legislation that was signed into law on Friday.

The lawsuit takes issue with the part of the bill that raises the age limit for purchasing all firearms from 18 to 21, according to the Associated Press. The NRA claims the regulation violates the 2nd amendment.

Florida lawmakers passed a bill this week that implements a three-day waiting period for purchase of most long guns and bans bump stocks, among other regulations. The bill came just a few weeks after the shooting that left 17 dead and more than a dozen injured at a South Florida high school.

Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill into law on Friday, despite opposition from the NRA

Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/377694-nra-sues-over-new-florida-gun-legislation-report?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Rick Scott doing something decent (don't faint).

[LisaM]

1. Well, that's a brilliant PR move.

Hopefully it does a Susan G. Komen on their organization.

[riversedge]

3. I want to hear the Republicans who voted for this bill defend it now. It will be

sweet to my ears. They actually did something good for once (a few small steps)--pushed into doing it to tell the truth.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. It is now officially unsafe to be a teacher or student in Florida. Dont know what to do

millions of great patriots in Florida.

Feel sorry for you. Fear for your safety, but you are NOT safe now.

[EX500rider]

5. "but you are NOT safe now." Why's that?

What's different about Fla and other States?

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. allows some trained school personnel to carry concealed handguns on school campuses.

[christx30]

8. It's not the trained people you have to worry about.

It's the emotionally unstable teenagers that get the cops called on them 40+ times that no one follows up on that you have to worry about. The cops should have found something to charge him with, and convicted him of a felony to stop him from being able to legally buy a gun. That would have been better.

[Gore1FL]

12. I'm not so sure that training is the end of worry.

A lot of unarmed minorities have been killed by trained police "in fear of their life."

I do agree that we need to keep guns out of the hands of the unstable--especially those with records as you describe.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Politicians can do remarkable things when they fear they might be booted from office

[Va Lefty]

7. Hey NRA...

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[LittleGirl]

9. Too bad, so sad

Fuck the NRA

[arithia]

10. Rick Scott is covering his ass

so turns out that voldemort gave tax breaks to a russian manufacturer of AK47s to come to the US and make their weapons of death in florida. This same manufacturer sells ak47s at the store that Cruz purchased his 7 rifles from. Cruz was confirmed to have an ak47 in that purchase. Yeah. Boom.

Scott was expected to announce his official big for Nelson's senate seat shortly after he signed this bill.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article203878744.html

[keithbvadu2]

11. Trump campaigns/raises money against NRA extremism

Trump campaigns/raises money against NRA extremism

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/politics/trump-campaign-email-parkland-photo/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Top+Stories%29