Alabama legislative leaders hesitant on gun bills

[struggle4progress]

Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Published 6:30 a.m. CT Feb. 26, 2018 | Updated 8:43 a.m. CT Feb. 26, 2018

After an assailant shot and killed 17 people at Mallory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14, Alabama legislators filed two bills, one after the other.

HB 434, sponsored by Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, would ban the sale of most semiautomatic weapons to people under 21. HB 435, from Rep. Will Ainsworth, R-Guntersville, would allow trained teachers to carry firearms in schools ...

Leaders appear reluctant to push through any sweeping gun bill ...

"What I hope to see is what we're seeing around the county with people sitting down and discussing these issues, and make a determination of what is the best path to go," said Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh ...

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2018/02/26/alabama-legislative-leaders-hesitant-post-parkland-gun-bills/366991002/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. "Yeah, let's wait and see what others are doing." NO GUTS AT ALL!

[Fred Sanders]

2. And only NRA approved ideas...the raise 21 proposal is outraging them...why not is a puzzler.

Arming teachers....did the fuckers ask the teachers and students and administrators, ANY gun control groups for ideas, or just the social welfare group NRA?