Florida Legislature rejects weapons ban with massacre survivors en route to Capitol

[Honeycombe8]

Source: CNN

The Florida state House on Tuesday rejected a ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines as dozens of survivors of last week's school shooting headed to the state Capitol to turn their grief into political action.

Lawmakers voted down a motion to consider the ban during a session that opened with a prayer for the 17 people killed by a former student last Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The vote in the Republican-dominated body was 36-71.

Stoneman Douglas students in the gallery of the Capitol during the vote appeared stunned, according to CNN affiliate Spectrum News 13/Bay News 9.

House Rep. Kionne McGhee of Miami invoked the shooting in asking that HB 219 -- which would ban AR-15 rifles and other assault weapons and large capacity magazines -- be moved from committee to the House floor for questions, debate and a vote.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/us/florida-legislature-weapons-ban/index.html

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If the people of Florida want the ban on assault weapons and large mags, they need to vote these legislators out and replace them with ones who do what their constituents want. VOTE 'EM OUT!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. GOTV

Get out the vote to get the GOPer out of your way.

Lady on PBS News Hour tonight said that one of the purposes of the Russian disinformation campaign is to suppress voter turnout. That leaves extremists as a larger percentage of those who do vote. Every voter counts -- be the voter who stands up to put down the RWNJ and Russian interference.

[Honeycombe8]

9. It's true. Every voter DOES count. GOTV has to be hit hard for the mid-terms. nt

[gyroscope]

2. Republicans receive too much money from the gun lobby

vote the corrupt bribe takers out, repeal citizens united.

[Honeycombe8]

4. +1. nt

[RKP5637]

3. FFS!!! WTF!!! Idiotic state!!! n/t

[Honeycombe8]

10. Can you believe it? They voted against just having the bill be debated! nt

[malthaussen]

5. Sounds about right.

Especially when juxtaposed with the Quinnipiac poll mentioned elsewhere that shows 2/3 of Americans favor stricter gun control laws.

So, 2/3 of Americans want stricter laws, and 2/3 of legislators don't. I sense cognitive dissonance, or else a clear demonstrations that our "representatives" don't care what we want.

-- Mal

[Honeycombe8]

7. Exactly. It's never been this blatant before. The politicians don't even care that it shows. nt

[RKP5637]

12. We don't have a democracy that works! Congress, for example, is filled with politicians controlled

by the NRA, corporations and huge money donors. People without big bucks don't count in today's US. That, is why there has to be a massive effort to vote these people out of office.

[mpcamb]

6. Don't give up, kids. Enlist moms and keep quoting who-got-how-much NRA numbers..

We're a majority.

[Honeycombe8]

8. I think that's a major point to point out in campaigning. Now is the time.

I just hope there's not another mass shooting at a school before the mid-terms.

[thecrow]

11. But...but... they prayed for the dead.....?

They should pray for our children that they LIVE !
These legislators are idiot demons without souls.

Want to get involved? Look at http://momsdemandaction.org
And get your torches and pitchforks ready....
This is gonna take a huge wave of people to get done, but we can vote them out.