Orlando Florida. – Florida’s Republican Legislature has said the state’s shootings are not due to the relaxation of gun laws, but rather to the people committing the crimes. However, Democrats, parents and acquaintances of the mass killings have a different opinion.
Amid the discussion for the approval of Bill SB 150 in the first legislative session of 2023, tempers flared. People from both sides took to the podium and spoke.
While some have called for a broader law, others have called for greater restrictions against them because access “tents on human, physical and psychological security”, said State Representative Johana López. .
The measure that was discussed and approved by the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee seeks to allow a person to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm if they are authorized to do so or meet specified requirements.
In the words of Florida Rep. Alex Rizzo, “to allow people who legally own firearms to carry them concealed.”
While, in the plenary session of the same commission, activists were disappointed because the measure does not explicitly establish the carrying of weapons in the open air without authorization.
For Carolina Amesty, state representative for the Republican Party, the approval of the measures under discussion in both houses is part of the protection of the second amendment of the constitution and “a right of every American citizen”.
On the other hand, a young speaker was removed from the room for having uttered insults and, near the capitol, a group of women posing as mothers, laid a white flower on the grass which serves as an antechamber. at Florida’s house of law for every victim of gun violence.
The group of women wearing the “Mothers Require Action” shirt placed a total of 2,849 flowers, for each person who died from gunshot wounds.
Wendy Malloy, spokesperson for Mothers Requires Action, considers the Republican proposal a dangerous policy and strongly opposes it.
In total, the SB 150 obtained 13 votes for and 6 against. From now on, the measure passes in plenary session of the Senate where all the senators vote.
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