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It is now beyond doubt: The fearless student survivors of the Parkland, Fla., mass shooting are changing the debate about gun control. The students didn't get everything they wanted in Tallahassee, and clearly more changes are needed.
Three weeks after the fatal Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott faces a gun-control bill that falls short of what he and survivors of the massacre demanded, and he hasn't said whether he'll sign into law the legislation that challenges National Rifle Association orthodoxy. "I'm going to take the time and I'm going to read the bill and I'm going to talk to families," said Scott, a Republican.
All eyes are now on Republican Gov. Rick Scott to see if he'll sign the Florida legislature's narrowly approved response to last month's high school massacre of 17 people, a measure that isn't what he called for, falls short of what survivors demanded and challenges National Rifle Association orthodoxy. "I'm going to take the time and I'm going to read the bill and I'm going to talk to families," said Scott, who wouldn't say whether he'll sign it.
The Republican-controlled House will vote on a school safety bill next week as Congress struggles to respond to the deadly assault on a Florida high school. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday the House will take up a bill creating a federal grant program to train students, teachers and school officials how to identify and intervene early when signs of violence arise.
The gun lobby has long stoked its constituents with the nightmare scenario of a president who'd swipe their God-given right to own weapons. The NRA frequently warned that Barack Obama was “coming for our guns,” and that Hillary Clinton would “come for your guns.” The group cringed at the prospect of a president saying something like this: “I like taking the guns early ... Take the guns first, go through due process second.” Since we're stuck with a regime that's historically incompetent, malevolent, corrupt, and security-challenged, we've got to get our laughs whenever we can.
Th... . FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, Ohio Democratic Senate candidate, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland introduces Vice President Joe Biden who is campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Si... .
The National Rifle Association pounced when former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, declared at an AFL-CIO event in Cleveland that the death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia "happened at a good time." Scalia remains a hero to many gun owners and the NRA alerted its members to Strickland's disrespect.
They crowded around the White House conference table this past week, lawmakers from California, Connecticut, Texas and Florida, eager to share their state's painful experience with gun violence. One key state was not represented.
The National Rifle Association pounced when former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, declared at an AFL-CIO event in Cleveland that the death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia "happened at a good time." Scalia remains a hero to many gun owners and the NRA alerted its members to Strickland's disrespect.
Gun store owners called it the "Trump slump." Sales of firearms slowed dramatically after the election of Republican Donald Trump as president in 2016 allayed fears of a Democratic crackdown on gun owners.
A Delta Air Lines jet sits at a gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Oct. 13, 2016. Georgia lawmakers punished Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines on Thursday for its decision to cut business ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of a shooting at a Florida high school that killed over a dozen people.
Some of the most fascinating times in politics are when longstanding issues and viewpoints change. The liberal Senator Ted Kennedy once said of conservative Senator Storm Thurmond , "If Strom Thurmond and I ever vote the same way on a bill, either one of us made a mistake, or it's an idea whose time has come."
Since his days as Texas' attorney general, Gov. Greg Abbott has made his defense of the Second Amendment central to his political identity. For eight years, he had a perfect foil: then-President Barack Obama.
They crowded around the White House conference table this past week, lawmakers from California, Connecticut, Texas and Florida, eager to share their state's painful experience with gun violence. One key state was not represented.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, during a meeting with members of congress to discuss school and community safety. With the president from left, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas,, the president, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Republicans in Florida favoring gun rights are targeting companies that are pulling support for the NRA in much the same manner as lawmakers did in Georgia, who this week targeted Delta Airlines for severing its ties with the organization that describes itself as "diligent protectors of the 2nd Amendment," Politico reported Friday. In last minute political maneuvering, lawmakers in the Florida House on Friday cut a proposal to lower aviation fuel and added language to rebid a state rental car contract with Enterprise Rent-A-Car that wasn't set to expire until 2020.
By Brent Bozell The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, shows how quickly our media elites move horrors from tragedy to political opportunity. They amplified the loudest voices of the shooting aftermath: teenage survivors who demanded gun control "solutions" like banning all semi-automatic assault weapons.
In his quest to tackle gun violence, President Donald Trump has ricocheted between calling for tougher laws and declaring his fealty to the Second Amendment's right to bear arms, leaving a trail of befuddled lawmakers and advocates in his wake. One thing he still has not done: clearly outline his legislative priorities.
President Donald Trump's staff tried to be reassuring. Stop focusing, they told jittery allies, on the sound bites from the White House Cabinet Room earlier this week when Trump appeared to embrace long-standing conservative taboos like gun confiscation and comprehensive background checks.