Florida Politics by Scott Powers August 26, 2019
Decrying years of inaction on Democratic gun proposals as gun violence has accelerated, a group of Central Florida Democratic lawmakers demanded hearings in the Florida Legislature next year.
In a press conference organized by state Rep. Anna Eskamani of Orlando, she and four other lawmakers joined representatives of Moms Demand Action and others Monday decrying the Florida Legislature’s decision Friday to refuse a special session.
But that decision, in the face of no Republican support for a Special Session, was only the latest point of frustration expressed by Eskamani, state Sen. Victor Torres of Orlando, and state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Geraldine Thompson of Orlando and Joy Goff-Marcil of Maitland.
This press conference was a vow that the Democrats supporting such issues as background checks, bans on military-style rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, requiring gun stores to secure their wares overnight, and expansions of red-flag laws will not go away and will continue to push.
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