Florida Lawmakers Reject Motion To Ban ‘Assault Rifles’

Glad to see Florida lawmakers aren’t in the business enacting legislation based on emotional, knee-jerk reactions.

According to this, Florida lawmakers “rejected an attempt to consider a bill that would ban assault rifles, less than a week after the shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school.”

The Florida House on Tuesday voted 36-71 against a motion to consider a bill to ban assault rifles and large capacity magazines, according to The Associated Press.

The vote, which effectively kills the bill for the legislative session ending on March 9, comes amid a major push for gun control reform in the wake of the Florida shooting.

Lawmakers, gun control advocates and student survivors of the Parkland shooting in recent days have urged Congress and the administration to implement tougher gun measures.

Survivors are horrified, and it’s sad. It’s sad that they actually think an “assault rifle” ban will protect them.

AP photo of school shooting survivors watching Florida lawmakers vote down a bill to ban assault weapons https://t.co/fxYxXSBoRA pic.twitter.com/3K6N1jepGX

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) February 20, 2018

The bill was assigned to three committees but was not scheduled for a hearing, according to the AP. Because of Tuesday’s vote not to remove the bill from committee and let it be considered by the full House, the bill is essentially dead for this session, since the committees will not meet again before March 9.

The very term “assault rifle” is absurd. What makes an “assault rifle” an “assault” rifle? Liberals can’t answer that, because THEY DON’T KNOW. They don’t even realize they’re arguing over scary looking COSMETIC features on a rifle. Like WTH.

This is exactly what they think:

When in REALITY:

A stupid ban on something they don’t even understand isn’t the answer.

h/t The Hill