Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Inside the Tallahassee bubble, Floridians’ wishes don’t matter

We saw this week how the Florida Legislature does what the Legislature wants, not what Floridians want. Floridians want a ban on military-style firearms and high-capacity magazines after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre. The Legislature wants neither. So Floridians, at best, will get only modest changes to gun laws. As always, Republicans will keep the emphasis on the shooter, not the weapon. Schools will get help with security, but there will be no guarantee of that help being permanent. Which bring us to the next item. Floridians want more help for traditional public schools. The Legislature wants to help charter schools and private schools. So for the second straight year we got an education

 Source:  Yahoo News

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