This is the modern GOP for you, a party of empty gestures and empty heads:
Florida GOPer votes down AR-15 ban — then backs Parkland teens with ribbon https://t.co/F37mMW4fAv
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 21, 2018
Caldwell claimed that the bill was rejected because it was a “ban on all guns,” not just AR-15s and other weapons with high-capacity magazines.
“We need to be focused on real solutions,” Caldwell opined. “These maniacs that attack our schools, they’re essentially lone wolf terrorists. And we have to have strategies to focus on that. You’ve got a great example here of where the FBI had been reported to, the school had been reported to, the local law enforcement had been reported to. They did not communicate effectively. They did not understand that this guy was a real threat.”
According to the Florida Republican, lawmakers need to “focus on that side of the equation” instead of passing gun safety laws.
“We need to respond with tools that are going to make a difference,” he remarked. “We know for a fact that these schools get targeted because they’re gun-free zones. Ninety-five percent plus attacks happen in gun-free zones.”