Florida House votes to repeal gun control measure enacted after Parkland shooting… When asked if the House bill was dead in the Senate, House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, said there’s still time. “I think that’s premature,” Perez said. [More]
Why?
When won’t it be?
[Via Michael G]
Regardless of what Rep. Perez may or may not do, they’re still going to have to squeeze a repeal past that gaggle of “Redneck Republicans” from Florida’s Panhandle who believe SCOTUS got “Dred Scott” right the first time, and that “those people” should not be allowed to carry firearms, period!
‘ In the Dred Scott decision, the opinion of the court stated that if African Americans were considered U.S. citizens, “It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognized as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right … to keep and carry arms wherever they went.” ‘
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms_in_the_United_States