Florida
lawmakers sot down a bill that would have banned semi-automatic
'assault' weapons such as the AR-15 used in the Parkland school
massacre.
However, they did agree to raise the
legal age for purchasing a firearm to 21 as well as approve legislation
that would give teachers the right to carry guns in school.
The
amendments were introduced as part of a packaged set of bills following
Nikolas Cruz's shooting spree that left 17 students and faculty at
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School dead on Valentine's Day.
According
to NBC-2, Florida's Senate Rules Committee spent more than two hours
debating the gun-control issues before eventually casting their votes.
In
addition to raising the legal purchase age and giving teachers the right
to carry, senators also agreed to confiscate guns from people with
mental health issues.
The assault weapons amendment, was rejected by a seven-to-six vote with senators voting along party lines.
A similar packaged set of reforms is scheduled to be taken up by the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.
The
Senate's proposed legislation is slated to go through its second and
final committee on Tuesday before being voted on later in the week.
Both
the House and Senate versions have to be identical to go to Florida
Governor Rick Scott to be signed into law, reported the Sun Sentinel.
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