Florida Senate rejects ban on assault weapons, votes to arm teachers

[steve2470]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - The Florida Senate rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons, and voted for a measure to arm some teachers, weeks after 17 people were killed in the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history.

An amendment that would have banned assault weapons attached to a wider bill failed on Saturday in a largely party-line vote, in response to the Feb. 14 killing of 14 students and three faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Parkland.


The vote was 20-17 against the assault weapon ban, with two Republicans joining all of the senate’s 15 Democrats in support of the proposal, the Miami Herald reported.

The full bill, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, is expected to pass the state Senate on Monday, then go to the Florida House.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-florida/florida-senate-rejects-ban-on-assault-weapons-votes-to-arm-teachers-idUSKBN1GG0QT

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Putting the "duh" in Floriduh

Apologies to the millions of awesome Floridians, liberals, democrats, etc.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Rootin tootin crazy

Now every whackadoodle wingnut will be looking to get in a gun fight with teachers.

[Atman]

3. The Gunshine State.