Feb 20, 2018
Florida House declines to consider assault weapons ban
- Erica Pandey, author of Axios Finish Line
The Republican majority of the Florida House struck down a measure to consider a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The vote was 71–36, mostly along party lines.
Students from Stoneman Douglas High School had traveled to the state capitol to appeal directly to lawmakers.