TEAM CSSA E-NEWS | MARCH 10, 2018
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- Goodale vows to toughen Canada's gun-licence screening
- MP Zimmer Supportive of Proposed Increase to Background Checks
- Many To One PTSD Support Foundation Charity Online Auction - April 16-22, 2018
- Feds need to crack down on handgun sales, John Tory tells Guns and Gangs summit
- Florida just passed gun control measures — and a plan to arm some school employees
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–– COMMENTARY ––
RCMP Fails to Track Violent or Sexual Offenders - Monitors Licensed Gun Owners Instead
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What do you call the group the RCMP considers a bigger threat to public safety than convicted sex offenders, pedophiles and violent criminals?
Canada’s 2.1 million licensed firearm owners.
Firearm researcher Dennis Young uncovered a disturbing trend with the RCMP. The Mounties cannot tell us the most basic information about violent criminals or convicted sexual predators –– but every licenced gun owner in Canada is monitored daily.
The following, dated June 13, 2016, is from the RCMP’s Manon Fortin [[email protected]], in response to Dennis Young’s Access to Information Request for CPIC Statistics:
“[P]lease note that, in Canada, after a firearms licence is approved, continuous eligibility screening is conducted over the term of the licence. Accordingly, all current holders of firearms licences are recorded in the Canadian Firearms Information System (CFIS). CFIS automatically checks with the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) every day to determine whether a licence holder has been the subject of an incident report in CPIC.”
While the RCMP investigates every single licenced, law-abiding gun owner in Canada
daily
as part of their
Continuous Licence Eligibility Screening Program
, our national police force can’t tell us
anything
about how often, or even
if,
they check up on convicted rapists, pedophiles or violent criminals.
It’s not that the RCMP doesn’t possess the information. They do.
Dennis Young discovered the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) can deliver the following information (and more) to police officers instantly:
Whether the person
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Is wanted for a criminal offence
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Is a known violent offender
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Is a known sex offender
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Has a criminal record and the full details of that criminal record if it exists
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is prohibited from owning firearms
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has a firearms licence, along with a complete record of all firearms registered in their name.
They don’t bother to track known violent criminals and sexual predators because –– well –– apparently licenced, law-abiding citizens who possess firearms are more dangerous.
It gets worse.
Not only does the RCMP fail to track rapists, pedophiles and violent criminals, the RCMP also has no idea what happened as a result of firearms traced after they were recovered from violent criminals or crime scenes.
Despite a minimum full-time staff of four conducting 10,077 firearm traces since 2012, the RCMP’s
Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre
(CNFTC) cannot tell us how many firearms they traced successfully, nor can they tell us how many registered or unregistered firearms they traced.
Of the 8,865 firearms the RCMP’s Tracing Centre determined came from the United States, the RCMP cannot tell us how many of those firearms were never legally imported into Canada, and therefore were smuggled into the country instead.
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The RCMP does not know how many firearms were traced to licensed firearm owners.
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The RCMP cannot tell us how many of the firearms they traced were reported stolen and subsequently returned to their rightful, legal owners.
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The RCMP cannot tell us how many crimes they solved as a result of their firearms traces.
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The RCMP cannot tell us how many people were charged with a criminal offence as a result of a firearms trace.
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The RCMP has no idea how many individuals are under court-ordered firearms prohibition orders or how many firearms were seized from prohibited persons as a result of the enforcement of those prohibition orders.
In other words, the RCMP has no clue about the most basic statistical information required to show if firearm registration is beneficial to the enforcement of Canadian law.
They can, however, tell you about the actions of 2.1 million licenced, law-abiding Canadian firearm owners for every day of the year. They spend over $50 million per year doing so.
Doesn’t that inspire confidence in our national police force?
Worse, the RCMP’s firearm tracing statistics prove someone is lying when the RCMP and government officials claim the “majority of guns” used in crime are “domestically sourced.” Since 2012, the RCMP traced 10,077 firearms and concluded 8,865 of those were smuggled into Canada illegally.
LESS THAN NINE PERCENT OF GUNS
TRACED
BY THE RCMP WERE DOMESTICALLY SOURCED.
Recently, Toronto Mayor John Tory stated that over 50% of the guns used in crime originated in Canada. We believe the Mayor is either grossly misinformed or is simply lying to perpetuate a political agenda.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Both the former Police Chief of Halifax and former Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair have stated that any firearm that was unable to be traced was automatically added to the column of “Guns originating in Canada?” The piles of lies told about firearms and firearms owners continues unabated.
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Do you think the RCMP Brass is knowingly lying to Canadians about the sources of crime guns?
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Results from last week's question
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Do you think the Guns and Gangs Summit will leave law-abiding gun owners alone?
- Yes: 3.4%
- No: 89.3%
- Not sure: 7.3%
The CSSA attended the Summit.
The primary focus was on the gang violence that has grown significantly across Canada. While there was some discussion of firearms, most of it consisted of statistical information.
KUDOs to the CBSA for stepping up their game regarding the interdiction of crime guns coming across the border. Former Toronto Police Chief and current Member of Parliament Bill Blair congratulation to the CBSA for a job well done,
noting that the perceived lowering of the ratio of imported/domestic sourced crime guns was undoubtedly due to the good work of CBSA stemming the flow of crime guns at the border.
Despite the strong presence of the Polysesouvient (formerly Coalition for Gun Control) the only significant anti-gun rhetoric came from Toronto Mayor John Tory, who scapegoated legitimate businesses and owners because of his inability to get Toronto's gun violence under control.
Shame on you John Tory.
(See the article below written by firearms-hating journalist Tim Naumetz.)
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Goodale vows to toughen Canada's gun-licence screening
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By Daniel LeBlanc | Globe & Mail | March 7, 2018
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Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale capped off a summit on growing gang activity and gun violence by promising more vigorous background checks to get a licence to purchase firearms in Canada.
Among the measures that are expected to be included in a new law will be a longer look into the buyer's criminal history, which goes back only five years under the current system. In addition, if Ottawa gets buy-in from provincial governments, the background checks could include an examination of the purchaser's mental-health history.
At a news conference, Mr. Goodale said the proposed legislation will fulfill key promises made in the 2015 Liberal platform, which also included a requirement for vendors to ensure that buyers have a valid possession and acquisition licence.
"As controversial as measures related to firearms can be, and you have seen the debates provoked in the past around these issues, that particular point with respect to background checks and making sure that it is a system that works to protect public safety, that is an area where there is broad consensus," Mr. Goodale told reporters. "Our goal is to prioritize public safety and … making sure that we are being practical and fair with respect to legitimate firearms owners."
Last November, Mr. Goodale announced $328-million in new funding over five years as part of efforts to reduce gun crime across Canada.
On Wednesday, the federal government convened a summit in Ottawa to help co-ordinate the work of municipalities, provinces, police forces and experts in this field.
Statistics presented at the summit showed that after years of decline, firearm-related violence has been on the increase since 2013. Between 2013 and 2016, the percentage of homicides involving firearms increased from 26 to 39. There were 109 victims of homicides involving a firearm in 2013, a number that rose to 195 in 2016.
A key cause of the recent increase is related to gang activities, according to Statistics Canada, with 141 gang-related homicides in Canada in 2016. The numbers have sharply increased from 2013 to 2016 in major cities such as Toronto (from 13 to 33), Edmonton (from three to 11) and Ottawa (from zero to seven).
Over all, in 2016, there were 7,000 victims of gun-related crimes in Canada, with 60 per cent of incidents involving handguns.
"When it comes to homicide, guns and gangs often go together," said Lynn Barr-Telford, director-general at Statistics Canada. "Shooting homicides are up, gang-related homicides are up and there is a strong interplay and intersections between those two types of crime."
Experts at the summit, including academics and senior police officers, described how gangs are evolving, increasingly using anonymous internet sites to obtain guns and sell drugs.
Guns frequently come into Canada through "stealth shipping," said RCMP firearms expert Rob O'Reilly, who told the audience about firearms entering the country hidden in hairdryers, televisions and cereal boxes.
In a speech at the summit, Toronto Mayor John Tory said that Ottawa should modernize the country's firearms laws to deal with the influx of illegal guns. He acknowledged that the country's law dealing with handguns is prohibitive, but he added there are "holes in that system."
For example, Mr. Tory said that an individual, having passed all background checks and obtained necessary permits, can "buy dozens of guns, in Canada, legally, without any red flag going up."
Mario Harel, the president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, said that new generations of gang members are increasingly violent and that law enforcement is not the only solution to the problem.
At the subsequent news conference, Mr. Goodale cautioned that more consultations are needed before the government legislates on that front, given the concerns over privacy rights of Canadians.
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MP Zimmer Supportive of Proposed Increase to Background Checks
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By News Release | Bob Zimmer M.P. | March 8, 2018
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FORT ST JOHN - Bob Zimmer, MP for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies and Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus is pleased to hear about a possible plan to increase the level of screening that goes into acquiring a firearms license in Canada. Minister Goodale held a summit on the increased gang activity and gun violence yesterday and following that meeting made comments regarding background checks. Mr. Zimmer made the following statement based on those comments;
"As a strong supporter of the outdoor community and the lifestyle that it promotes I support the idea of more vigorous background checks that could include a mental health history and more comprehensive look at the criminal past of the purchaser," said Mr. Zimmer. "We need to continue to protect the rights of law-abiding firearms owners while also working to ensure that firearms do not end up in the wrong hands. I will watch closely as this legislation takes shape and I look forward to participating in the consultation process."
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The Toronto Sportsmen's Show is being hosted at the International Centre in Mississauga and continues the exciting five-day format.
Show dates are March 14-18, 2018. Doors open at 10 a.m.
Visit us at BOOTH 1163. Stop by and chat with our representatives and staff. Of course, some lucky participant of our draw will be taking home a brand new firearm at the end of the show.
The International Centre is located at 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, ON.
Show Hours: Wednesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Parking is FREE!
As always, we are looking for CSSA people who want to help out and become more involved -- this is one of those chances! If you want to help out at the CSSA booth at the Sportsmen's Show, please email Mike Duynhoven at
[email protected]
and let him know what days and time frames you want to help out.
SEE YOU THERE!
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CANADA IN THE ROUGH
- Bulls and Bears on the Rock -
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AIRING MARCH 11, 2018
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Feds need to crack down on handgun sales, John Tory tells Guns and Gangs summit
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By
Tim Naumetz
| iPolitics | March 7, 2018
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Toronto Mayor John Tory urged the federal government Wednesday to crack down on illegal handguns by tightening regulations that allow individuals to legally buy large numbers of restricted firearms – as long as they don’t acquire the guns at one time.
Tory told an unprecedented national summit on guns and gangs in Ottawa that Toronto Police Services data are showing the Canadian share of stolen handguns involved in crime and homicide has climbed to equal the number of crime guns that have entered Canada illegally from the U.S.
He argued that even though Canada’s gun ownership laws are strong, changes to federal regulations have allowed licensed individuals to buy “dozens” of restricted firearms without follow-up scrutiny.
“You can be a person who has the requisite permit, who has had all the requisite background checks and interviews, but can still go and buy dozens of guns, in Canada, legally, without any red flag being shown as to why you would want to buy dozens of guns like that,” Tory said.
The summit featured a range of experts, including provincial officials, police chiefs, an RCMP cyber investigator, social service groups and university professors. The event was a hit, with more than 170 in the audience and trending on Twitter in Canada.
Tory said the growing number of handguns in Canada, with thousands of new registrations every year, has contributed to the growth of illegal handguns on the streets.
Several years ago, roughly 80 per cent of crime-scene handguns were from the U.S. compared to 20 per cent from within Canada.
“What we have now in our case, and I think it’s true in other cities, is more of a 50-50 split,” said Tory, mayor of Toronto for the past three years.
Because of regulatory changes, licensed buyers of restricted firearms can now acquire six guns over a period of 90 days without a “red flag” going up, Tory told the gathering.
“When people are buying multiple guns, in any number at all, there should be a red flag” he said.
One of the central themes at the one-day summit called by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale was the need to devote more government and policing attention to marginalized and low-income communities, most often the recruiting ground for gangs.
But Tory said city programs aimed toward at-risk communities, in Toronto and other major centres, risk losing funding either because the programs have not been renewed or because federal funds channeled through provincial government don’t get through.
“I have seen now, even in my short time as the mayor, which is three years, the fact that when these programs flow through the provinces, and this is not disrespect for provincial people who are here from any province, but when they flow through the provinces, somehow these very large sums of money that are allocated to address things like I’ve been talking about seem to disappear into the ether,” said Tory.
“What happens is that the people who are on the ground, actually having to deliver on these social challenges that we face in order to prevent gang activity and keep young people away from gangs, don’t end up with it,” said Tory.
Goodale, who last November announced $357.6 million in federal funding to the provinces for programs and police task forces to combat gangs and illegal firearms, said one of the main goals of the summit was to reverse an increase in gun crime that occurred from 2013 to 2016, after a downward trend for a decade.
“Obviously the goal is to turn the trend line down again,” Goodale told reporters as the summit was winding down.
Among other things, Goodale noted an increase in federal spending for First Nation police forces in last month’s budget.
“We also need to work very closely with municipalities, with law enforcement agencies, with provincial governments.”
“Co-ordination is essential here, the problem is big,” said Goodale.
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Florida just passed gun control measures — and a plan to arm some school employees
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By Jen Kirby | vox.com | March 7, 2018
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The bill now heads to Gov. Rick Scott's desk.
The Florida House on Wednesday passed a sweeping legislative package that includes new gun control and school security measures, including a controversial provision to allow certain school employees to carry weapons.
Florida lawmakers took up the package in response to the February
mass shooting
at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead. The bill, which passed the Florida Senate earlier this week, now heads to Republican Gov. Rick Scott.
Scott had proposed his own plan to secure schools and has opposed arming teachers. “When the bill makes it to my desk, I’m going to take the time and I’m going to read the bill,” he
told reporters Wednesday
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before the House passed its bill. He added that he would consult with the families of the Parkland victims.
According to the Tampa Bay Times
, all 17 families of Parkland victims have supported the passage of legislation.
The legislation passed Wednesday would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 and impose a three-day waiting period for long gun purchases.
The bill also outlines a voluntary program that would allow schools to train and arm certain staffers. The “school marshal” program originally called for arming teachers, but Florida’s Senate
struck a compromise
Monday that would
exclude full-time educators
from participating in the program. Instead, it opens up the program to other school officials, from coaches to counselors to librarians. The Senate named it
the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program
, in honor of the football coach at Stoneman Douglas who died shielding students from the gunman’s bullets.
Florida has long been a trailblazer on gun rights legislation. The state’s concealed carry law
in 1987
became
a national model
. So did its 2005
“stand your ground”
law. Bucking the National Rifle Association to pass new restrictions on gun purchases marks a significant shift for the state.
Both Republicans and Democrats took issue with the bill in an emotional House debate that lasted all day, but it ultimately passed 67 to 50.
Many Republicans expressed reservations about what they saw as provisions that violated the Second Amendment, including raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21. But the combination of mental health funding and school security provisions gave them cover to back incremental gun control. “I can’t let perfect be the enemy of the good, as it’s been said before,” Rep. Danny Burgess (R-Zephyrhills) said on Wednesday, adding, “If you’re wondering if I’m still conflicted, the answer is yes.”
Gun control advocates also face a difficult trade-off: modest gun control measures at the potential cost of allowing more firearms in schools. This
divided
Democratic lawmakers, who are extremely wary about arming school personnel but are eager to get some gun restrictions passed before the end of Florida’s legislative session — which is Friday — and the pressure fueled by
post-Parkland protests
fizzles out. They seem prepared to accept what Democrat Rep. Matt Willhite called a “tough pill.”
Democratic Rep. Kimberly Daniels
captured the dilemma
during the House debate on Wednesday, saying she’d vote for the bill despite the provision to arm some school personnel. “It’s unfair for students to go back to school with nothing,”
she said
. “No protection, no mental health.”
A handful of Democrats did vote against the final measure, saying they could not justify any program that armed school employees. Others also argued the legislation did not go far enough to ban assault rifles or high-capacity magazines.
But with some Parkland families looking on from the gallery, the Republican-held Florida House brought the state one step closer to enacting real, if incremental, gun control measures.
Florida wants to respond to the Parkland shooting by arming school employees
The legislation originally
directed $67 million
to a
“school marshal” program
to train and arm teachers. The controversial proposal drew opposition from Democrats and even some Republicans. (Gov. Scott also came out against the idea.)
To sidestep the controversy, lawmakers
struck a deal
to prevent most classroom teachers from being able to participate. Instead, the bill calls for other school employees — such as librarians and coaches — to be armed instead. They also rebranded it as a “school guardianship” program.
The program is voluntary, and school boards or superintendents would decide whether to participate and sponsor employees to undergo training with the local sheriff’s department.
Eligible employees would undergo
132 hours of training
, including firearms safety and active-shooter drills; go through mental health screening, background checks, and drug tests; and officially become sworn officers with the local sheriff’s office.
Staffers who become trained marshals would get a $500 stipend. Republican Rep. José Oliva, who sponsored the initial legislation that involved teachers, indicated it’s up to school boards or superintendents whether participants would have to purchase their own firearms or whether the district would buy them.
Florida’s guardianship program hews closely to one already in existence in Central Florida’s Polk County, sponsored by a local sheriff. The Ledger, a newspaper in Polk County,
reported
that only Southeastern University, a private college, participates, with nine staff members as trained special deputies authorized to carry weapons.
Oliva pointed this out in his closing remarks on the House floor Wednesday, saying the guardianship program would put in place a “rigorous set of standards” schools must meet.
“If you choose to do it, if you volunteer to do, this is the way you’re going to do it,” he said.
In 2013, following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the state passed the Protection of Texas Children Act, which allows educators to undergo firearm and active-shooter training to carry concealed weapons. The Houston Chronicle
reports
that at least 172 of Texas’s 1,200 school districts have implemented the policy, though they’re mostly in rural school districts where local law enforcement presence on campus is rare.
But there is plenty of research to suggest that adding more deadly weapons increases the chances of violence. Critics
have also pointed out
the increased potential for accidents or unintentional shootings in volatile situations. An investigation by the Tampa Bay Times
found
at least 19 incidents in which school counselors and other employees who could potentially be armed under this new legislation threatened others with violence.
The bill also includes new restrictions on gun purchases
The legislation isn’t all about hardening schools and arming staffers. It would put some restrictions on gun purchases and provide schools with mental health counseling and safety funding. The bill would:
- Raise the minimum age to purchase firearms from licensed dealers to 21, though active military, law enforcement, and correctional officers would be exempt. (People under 21 can still possess a firearm, however.) Federal law mandates that people under the age of 21 can’t buy handguns from licensed dealers, though adults 18 and older can buy long guns such as rifles and shotguns from licensed dealers. Some states have stricter requirements; Hawaii and Illinois also ban the purchase of rifles and shotguns from licensed dealers by people under 21, according to data from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
- Require a three-day waiting period on firearm purchases from licensed dealers, or until record checks are complete, whichever comes later. (There are a few exemptions, including for concealed carry permit holders.)
- Ban the sale and possession of bump stocks, devices that effectively convert a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic one.
- Allow police to petition in court for a risk protection order, which would let authorities restrict firearm and ammunition possession for those considered a danger to themselves or others. Such an order could be extended for up to a year. This is similar to what are called “red flag” laws, which exist in California, Oregon, Indiana, Connecticut, and Washington. (Rhode Island’s governor just signed an executive order to implement such a law after the Parkland shooting.) In these situations, a judge can intervene — usually after being alerted by police or a family member or friend — and temporarily confiscate guns from people who have threatened violence.
- Provide $400 million in funding for school mental health and counseling programs and other school safety programs — including more support for school resource officers.
Florida’s bill tackles some of the glaring failures before the Parkland shooting. The shooter, a 19-year-old, could legally purchase an assault-style rifle — which Florida’s new law would prevent. It’s not clear how far this provision will actually go to prevent mass shootings;
according to data from Everytown for Gun Safety
, a gun control advocacy group, people under 21 carried out two of 156 mass shootings (four or more people shot and killed) between 2009 and 2016.
The risk protection order — which would temporarily seize firearms from people deemed a threat by a judge — also targets a system breakdown in preventing a shooting like the one in Parkland. Local law enforcement
received multiple tips
about the Parkland shooter, and the FBI was also notified that he might be dangerous. The measure Florida passed would give family, friends, and police more opportunities to intervene (at least in theory), even if a person hasn’t been adjudicated regarding a mental illness.
What the bill doesn’t do
But Florida’s legislation doesn’t include the big-ticket item desired by many Parkland activists: an assault weapons ban.
In a bizarre sequence over the weekend, Florida senators appeared to
approve a two-year moratorium on the sale
of AR-15-style weapons in a voice vote. However, the Senate considered the motion with a roll call vote right after. That vote came up short — 17 to 21 in favor — and the measure ultimately failed.
For now, it seems as if gun control advocates will take the partial victory in anticipation of a more protracted battle to come on an assault weapons ban. “This is with a heavy heart to vote for this bill knowing it’s not enough,” Willhite said on the House floor Wednesday.
This also isn’t a sign that Florida is about to reverse its position as a gun-friendly state. “I still think you’ll definitely see the Second Amendment is still the strong thing in Florida,” Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida,
told Vox last week
. “It’s just that the emphasis has turned to mental health and hardening the schools, that kind of thing.”
But, she adds, “It’s not an all-or-nothing thing. It is incremental. That’s the way major public policy in this country is made.”
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