Issue Position: 2nd Amendment Rights

Issue Position

Public Safety and 2nd Amendment rights are the critically important issues that the Florida Legislature had to balance following the shooting at MSD High School. The legislation was a bi-partisan first step that we took to address mental health, gun rights, and government accountability. Government at federal, state, and local levels failed to prevent the loss of 17 students by a fellow student that was mentally deficient and allowed to possess firearms. New requirements to share information amongst all government agencies can dramatically reduce such incidents if bad actors are reported and eventually prosecuted.

The "red flag' provision addresses gun restrictions. It allows law enforcement with court oversight to remove firearms from a mentally deficient person immediately, and search for firearms later. The law also added minor and temporary gun restrictions to make it more difficult for under age students to obtain firearms. I do not support additional broad gun bans.

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