Florida lawmakers vote to label porn a public health risk, refuse to debate assault weapons ban
Less than a week after the school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have been told that pornography is a more pressing public health risk than guns.
After voting against bringing an assault weapons ban to the House floor Tuesday, Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives moved on to a proposal to label pornography a “public health risk”. The measure was passed by a voice vote.
Many students from Stoneman who had travelled to the state capital to lobby their legislators for stronger gun controls were reportedly in the House gallery overlooking the chamber.
“Unfortunately, just five days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida school, the Florida House just passed a bill that declares pornography a ‘public health risk,’” Rep Carlos Guillermo-Smith, who has sponsored the assault weapons ban for the past two years, told The Independent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-shooting-latest-assault-weapons-ban-blocked-republicans-label-porn-public-safety-risk-a8220451.html
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But my crank has never killed a single person....
