Florida Gov. Rick Scott
In a press conference, Gov. Scott issued a statement saying he would support requiring residents of the state of Florida to be 21 years or older to purchase any firearm. However, he says there would be exceptions. The governor explained, "There will be exceptions for active duty, and reserved military and spouses, national guard members, and law enforcement."
The announcement comes after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida took the lives of 17 and as survivors of the attack, their community, and people across the nation demand change. This move by Florida's governor may not be considered good enough, though, as activists and supporters of gun control want a complete ban on AR-15s and similar semiautomatic rifles.
Florida's move to raise the age limit will face opposition from supporters of the Second Amendment and organizations like the NRA which recently released a statement on such a proposal. In its statement, the NRA says, "We need serious proposals to prevent violent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from acquiring firearms. Passing a law that makes it illegal for a 20-year-old to purchase a shotgun for hunting or an adult single mother from purchasing the most effective self-defense rifle on the market punishes law-abiding citizens for the evil acts of criminals."
At the national level, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) will be introducing similar legislation that is backed by Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Step 2: play on emotional divide between social justice warriors programmed to hate guns, and second-amendment advocates.
Step 3: stoke partisan flames by having Dems take one side and Repubs another side.
Step 4: show total (planned?) incompetence by authorities who basically allowed the shooting to happen...if there even was a shooting.
Step 5: put gun control legislation front-and-center in every blue state, and gun-loving states promoting the second, furthering the divide.
Step 6: put armed guards in charge of schools, creating soft martial law while getting people accustomed to a heavily armed presence "for our own good".
Step 7: mass hysterize the media on both sides of the gun control debate, then have key Dems and Repubs switch their positions on gun rights, furthering the chaos and confusion while further stoking flames of anger.
Step 8: continue to gaslight the public about what really happened at the shooting site, furthering each and every conspiracy theory ever created so that NOONE is 100% correct about anything.
Step 9: when things start to die down, repeat steps 1-8.
Step 10: profit!