Letter To The Florida House Of Representatives

The number of things wrong with this bill are nearly immeasurable.

It does nothing towards its stated goal.

The sad fact remains that the government failed to do its job and contain an obvious threat.

A threat that they could have contained with the laws and powers they had readily to hand.

Had it not been for their corruption, the murderer would have been investigated, arrested, tried and convicted before he purchased his first gun; let alone used one to murder anyone.

I point this out, again, because this bill does not seek to punish anyone who has any culpability for this crime.

Changing the age to purchase a firearm won't stop this from happening again.

A three day waiting period will have no effect because the murderer waited out Broward's FIVE day waiting period.

The entire ex parte section on restraining orders is a gross violation of due process.

Bump stocks?  Has one ever been used in a crime in all of Florida?  Even once?

What would prevent this from happening again would be some teeth to the laws against political corruption and dereliction of duty.

What would prevent this from happening again would be to require that law enforcement behave as the heroes they demand to be treated as.

What would prevent this from happening again would be to eliminate gun-free zones which only serve to create a ready pool of trapped, disarmed and helpless victims.

What would prevent this from happening again would be to allow people with carry permits on school grounds since the police, obviously, will not do anything to stop a murderer while they're still murdering.  If they aren't going to help, don't forbid us from defending ourselves and our children.

This bill does nothing to help and does much harm.