Florida governor signs a gun bill

[RavenSky]

Florida governor Rick Scott surrounded himself with the grieving families from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to sign a "sweeping" gun control bill into law yesterday. He had some words about how hard it was for him to comfort those families and how inefficiency Washington is. (Did I mention that he is running for U.S. Senate?)

Among other things, the law raises the the minimum age to buy a "long gun" from 18 to 21.

The appropriation includes more than $69 million for mental health assistance in schools, more than $25 million for replacing a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and $98 million for hardening security of school buildings. Other provisions of the law include banning the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, giving law enforcement greater power to seize weapons and ammunition from those deemed mentally unfit, and additional funding for armed school resource officers.

A controversial part of the new law is known as the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program, which arms some teachers if both the local school district and local sheriff's department agree. The $67 million provision is named after the coach who shielded students with his own body and died in last month's shooting.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/us/florida-gov-scott-gun-bill/index.html

The NRA has already filed suit against the age provision.

Anyone else think this is just a bunch of theater designed to shut down the #March4OurLives movement before the March 24th protest in D.C.?

 

[Playball40]

Florida governor Rick Scott surrounded himself with the grieving families from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to sign a "sweeping" gun control bill into law yesterday. He had some words about how hard it was for him to comfort those families and how inefficiency Washington is. (Did I mention that he is running for U.S. Senate?)

Among other things, the law raises the the minimum age to buy a "long gun" from 18 to 21.

The appropriation includes more than $69 million for mental health assistance in schools, more than $25 million for replacing a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and $98 million for hardening security of school buildings. Other provisions of the law include banning the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, giving law enforcement greater power to seize weapons and ammunition from those deemed mentally unfit, and additional funding for armed school resource officers.

A controversial part of the new law is known as the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program, which arms some teachers if both the local school district and local sheriff's department agree. The $67 million provision is named after the coach who shielded students with his own body and died in last month's shooting.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/us/florida-gov-scott-gun-bill/index.html

The NRA has already filed suit against the age provision.

Anyone else think this is just a bunch of theater designed to shut down the #March4OurLives movement before the March 24th protest in D.C.?

There is NOTHING that Rick Scott does that is genuine IMO. And arming teachers is fucking stupid.

 

[braces_for_impact]

Yes, how they can call this "sweeping" is beyond me. This is crumbs from the table, and people should be insulted. To think that things will now be any better because we can trust a 21-year-old to do the right thing with a gun (just like they always do with alcohol) is stupid. Note also this changes nothing about possession at all. Daddy can still buy his 16-year-old good 'ol boy an AR-15 and present it to him.

 

[Angry Floof]

This is bullshit. A step toward making schools into war zones.

 

[marc]

Now what if the plan is for the state attorney to throw the case? The NRA wins, and Scott makes it look like he intended to do something

 

[braces_for_impact]

Now what if the plan is for the state attorney to throw the case? The NRA wins, and Scott makes it look like he intended to do something

Can't say that thought didn't cross my mind.

 

[RavenSky]

Now what if the plan is for the state attorney to throw the case? The NRA wins, and Scott makes it look like he intended to do something

That, I believe, is exactly their plan. They've done it before.

The NRA has not yet come out against Rick Scott. That itself is suspicious.

 

[LordKiran]

Now what if the plan is for the state attorney to throw the case? The NRA wins, and Scott makes it look like he intended to do something

Can't say that thought didn't cross my mind.

Likewise. First thought that crossed my mind actually. It doesn't even have to be colluded. Scott can just be clever enough to say "Yeah I'll sign this why not? Not like it'll ever stand..."

 

[RavenSky]

Now what if the plan is for the state attorney to throw the case? The NRA wins, and Scott makes it look like he intended to do something

Can't say that thought didn't cross my mind.

Likewise. First thought that crossed my mind actually. It doesn't even have to be colluded. Scott can just be clever enough to say "Yeah I'll sign this why not? Not like it'll ever stand..."

Pam Bondi is the Republican Attorney General of Florida since 2011. She is the one who took a $25,000 bride - oh, excuse me, a $25,000 contribution to a political action committee supporting her 2014 re-election campaign - from Donald Trump in exchange for blocking Florida joining the lawsuit against Trump for his phony university.

Suspicions are that Pam Bondi was also involved in making sure Zimmerman was found 'not guilty' to protect the NRA's "Stand Your Law" law.

Pam Bondi, Florida Join NRA Fight To Let Teens Purchase Handguns From Dealers

And straight from Hammer's mouth: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is a True Second Amendment Supporter

NRA puppet, Rick Scott, does not need to collude this issue specifically. He knows NRA puppet, Pam Bondi, has it taken care of.

 

[braces_for_impact]

Good point.

 

[BH]

Isn't he the guy whose healthcare company got sued and prosecuted for embezzling a lot of money and found guilty? What is he doing sitting in the governor's chair???????

 

[RavenSky]

Isn't he the guy whose healthcare company got sued and prosecuted for embezzling a lot of money and found guilty? What is he doing sitting in the governor's chair???????

Yes and NRA/Republicans

 

[BH]

It's like the Republicans are psychos are something.

We had a guy, son of a prominent business owner, run for state senate and lost the primary a few days ago. He ran a couple of years ago and lost by a couple of hundred votes. He ran on an anti-drug, anti-illegal alien platform. His opponent got signed affadavits from people who worked for the aforementioned gentleman stating they were here illegally. His opponent also found evidence this person had shares in a pot production company in Colorado. Even with this he lost by a couple of hundred votes.

It's not the politicians per see who are the problem. It is the general population.

 

[LordKiran]

It's like the Republicans are psychos are something.

We had a guy, son of a prominent business owner, run for state senate and lost the primary a few days ago. He ran a couple of years ago and lost by a couple of hundred votes. He ran on an anti-drug, anti-illegal alien platform. His opponent got signed affadavits from people who worked for the aforementioned gentleman stating they were here illegally. His opponent also found evidence this person had shares in a pot production company in Colorado. Even with this he lost by a couple of hundred votes.

It's not the politicians per see who are the problem. It is the general population.

Its the myth of the rational actor striking once again. People are under zero obligation to behave rationally or act in accordance with their own logical self-interest on an individual or social basis.

Clearly cold rationalism is something a sizable chunk of our society doesn't find compelling. Judge them if you must but at the end of the day it is your prerogative to either change minds or adapt to what other people consider important.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Rationalism is elitist.

 

[Playball40]

Now what if the plan is for the state attorney to throw the case? The NRA wins, and Scott makes it look like he intended to do something

Can't say that thought didn't cross my mind.

And Bondi is a crooked as Scott so nothing would be shocking. Plus, we are a SYG state. How soon before a teacher shoots a student and swears he felt 'threatened'? Like the teacher in Jacksonville who said to his 7th grade students that "N____rs" aren't worth anything?

 

[LordKiran]

Rationalism is elitist.

I know you're joking but kind of.

 

[Playball40]

Isn't he the guy whose healthcare company got sued and prosecuted for embezzling a lot of money and found guilty? What is he doing sitting in the governor's chair???????

He repeatedly pled the 5th