Three weeks after 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 people at his Parkland high school, then-Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill designed to make sure a similar shooting would never happen again.
After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in 2018, Florida’s very conservative lawmakers and then-Gov. Rick Scott passed gun safety laws that raised the age to buy firearms, instituted red flag laws and background checks.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signaled that he wants to repeal the state's red flag law, which was approved after the Feb. 2018 mass shooting in Parkland.
In Gov. Ron DeSantis’ State of the State address on Tuesday, he made it clear that he wants to do away with Florida’s red flag law.
Now, seven years after that shooting and the bill’s passage, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to repeal one of its key tenants: the red flag law. The goal of the law is to let courts consider and authorize the seizure of guns from people who pose a threat to themselves or others.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a “ repeal ” of “ red flag ” laws that stop people from buying guns if a court says they’re too dangerous to own them.
Three weeks after a 19-year-old shot and killed 17 people at his Parkland high school, then-Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill designed to make sure a similar shooting would never happen again. Now, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to repeal some provisions in the legislation, he said during his State of the State speech Tuesday.
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FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSNGov. DeSantis pushing to revoke Florida's red flag lawGov. Ron DeSantis indicated this week he wants lawmakers to review the state's red flag law and possibly repeal it, saying it can infringe on the rights of gun owners.
Donalds is making public overtures toward Gov. Ron DeSantis, with whom he acknowledged he has had a falling out.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to roll back key provisions of Florida’s gun laws, including reversing red flag laws and lowering the minimum age to purchase a long gun from 21 to 18.
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