Florida lawmaker files bill to repeal gun restrictions enacted after Parkland high school massacre
Almost a year after 17 students and teachers were shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a Florida lawmaker has filed a bill to repeal the gun restrictions enacted after the massacre.
State Rep. Walter Bryan "Mike" Hill , R-Pensacola, has filed HB 175, a proposal that essentially revokes many of the gun-control provisions passed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. Among other things, the act raised the statewide minimum age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21, banned bump stocks and required a three-day waiting period for all purchases of rifles and other long guns.
The bill would lower the minimum age to purchase a rifle back to 18 and re-legalize bump stocks, a device recently banned by the Trump administration that allows a semiautomatic weapon to fire faster. The measure would also eliminate the three-day waiting period for semiautomatic weapons, rifles and other firearms not classified as "handguns."
The Pensacola Republican also wants to remove a provision that lets law enforcement officers temporarily seize guns and ammunition from people they take into custody if they pose credible danger to themselves or others. A recent investigation by the Miami New Times found that out of 108 "risk-protection order" cases filed in Broward between last March and July, 28 cases involved people accused of domestic violence; 45 involved people with mental illnesses; and 34 cases were relayed to people considering suicide.
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