I am asking you to veto this bill should it pass.
I know you've stated that you'd sign it, but legislation passed under the premise of "We must do something. This is something. We must do this!" is never good legislation.
The dangers to privacy and due process wrapped up in the mental health portion of this bill are counter everything the Bill of Rights stands for.
This will be bad law.
The focus of legislation aimed at the murders in Parkland should have been the culpability of the Broward County School District and Sheriff's Department in how they refused to investigate, arrest, try and convict the murderer in the months he was showing how dangerous he was.
Investigation and arrest power available to any law enforcement agency in Florida under current law.
Law enforcement failed that day and in the months preceding it.
Gun owners didn't fail that day. Millions of them did no harm that day or in the days hence. Not a single bump stock has been involved in a crime in the entire state, ever. Thousands, if not millions, of 18-20 year old gun owners did no harm that day.
Yet when the sheriff fails, we demand people who were not involved in any way be subjected to additional law which would have not prevented these murders?
At least blame the right people for a change!
Why does Sheriff Israel still have his position? It's in your power to fix that, why haven't you?
Stop seeking scapegoats.
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The same thing happened here that led to Trayvon Martin's death: the school system was under very high pressure to not report crimes, in order to stop the "school-to-prison pipeline." In Martin's case, they covered up that they'd caught him with burglary tools and clearly-stolen jewelry, as well as his nearly-constant fighting. In Cruz' case, they covered up a lot of behavior that screamed that he was dangerously nuts, as well as assaults on fellow students and assorted outright crimes. The blood is on the school systems' hands.
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