PakNews: Florida lawmakers refuse to consider assault weapons ban despite call for tougher gun control laws

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Florida lawmakers refuse to consider assault weapons ban despite call for tougher gun control laws

Florida state lawmakers have rejected a bill that would ban assault rifles, less than a week after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a Florida high school. The Florida House voted 36-71 against a motion to consider legislation to outlaw assault rifles and large capacity magazines, effectively killing the bill for the time-being, according to the Associated Press. The vote came as members of Congress, state legislators, governors and student survivors of the Parkland shooting called for tougher gun control laws.