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HAB911

(9,362 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 08:26 AM Feb 2017

What could Florida lawmakers do to keep kids from being shot?

When the annual 60-day legislative session gets under way next month, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will be looking for ways to keep Florida’s kids safe from guns.

Statewide, the number of children killed by guns has risen nearly 20 percent since 2010, a Tampa Bay Times analysis has found. Child gun injuries went up 36 percent.

Not surprisingly, the solutions up for consideration this year differ radically along party lines. Democrats want to tighten the existing law that hold adults criminally liable when kids access their firearms, and increase the penalties. But the lawmaker with the most power over the matter has a different idea.

“We could do away with gun-free zones,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, naming a key piece of the National Rifle Association’s agenda in Florida.

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What could Florida lawmakers do to keep kids from being shot? (Original Post) HAB911 Feb 2017 OP
Multiple problems require multiple solutions. ManiacJoe Mar 2017 #1
Taking some of the more simplistic of all possible solutions... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #2
That would work for some folks! ManiacJoe Mar 2017 #3
Call the Pied Piper!! nt yagotme Mar 2017 #4

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
1. Multiple problems require multiple solutions.
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 03:22 AM
Mar 2017

There are multiple reasons children are getting shot. Thus multiple solutions are needed.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,579 posts)
2. Taking some of the more simplistic of all possible solutions...
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:00 PM
Mar 2017

...it may be simpler to remove all children from Florida than to remove all guns.

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