Kevin C. sent me the link to this article.
Governor Scott opposes two of these provisions—permitting school staff to carry weapons in school, and imposing a three-day waiting period on the purchase of long guns—and he has repeatedly said so. In opposing the “armed teachers” provision, he lines up with Democrats in the state who so vehemently object to the idea that they voted against it as a caucus. In objecting to the three-day waiting period, he lines up with conservatives who believe—correctly, in my view—that waiting periods do nothing of consequence to stop crime, and that, in the case of long guns, they cannot even be said to limit suicide. In other words, Scott agrees with both of the objections that made this legislative debate so fractious. He doesn’t like the main concession the Democrats made, and he doesn’t like the main concession the Republicans made. He should veto the bill.
In all likelihood, he will not. The parents of those murdered at the school all want to see something pass, and have told him as much. And, if he wants to run for the Senate, he presumably doesn’t want to see the inevitable “Governor Vetoes Gun Safety Bill!” chyrons accompanied by footage of crying children.
Governor Scott Should Veto the Florida Gun Bill.
No democrat is gonna vote for Governor Scott in his race for Bill Nelson’s senate seat, but he and the GOP seems to be married to the thought that if they are just left enough, they will draw enough democrats to win. Of course going “left enough” (specially in guns) will lose him enough Republicans that he will be applying for a Lobbyist license come January if he wants to remain to any kind of political action.
In the Era of Trump, it is an idiocy to act like Jeb Bush.
The idea that Republican candidates could “cross the aisle” to pick up Democrat voters has always been ludicrous, but should be grounds for marking a politician unfit to hold office in an age where, not two years prior, Donald J. Trump played hardcore right-wing and consequentially won what was almost a solo campaign against the most dangerous Democrat campaign machine ever build.
It’s not just idiocy to be a Jeb Bush in the age of Trump, it should be grounds for a straight jacket and a rubber room.
Guvnor Voldemort wants to run for Senate? Bless his little heart.
https://youtu.be/2KYqnDuw040
You know, I’d vote for a senate candidate who would, in the face of grieving parents, veto a bill which does nothing to prevent another round of grief.
Because it takes balls to stand up to emotions and be rational.
I’d like one of my senators to have some.