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..FUCK THE NRA
"This bill punishes law-abiding gun owners for the criminal acts of a deranged individual," executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action Chris W. Cox said. "Securing our schools and protecting the constitutional rights of Americans are not mutually exclusive."
Seventeen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a 19-year-old man with a semi-automatic military-style rifle opened fire.
The new Florida law raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, bans the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, gives law enforcement greater power to seize weapons and ammunition from those deemed mentally unfit, and provides additional funding for armed school resource officers.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/us/nra-sues-florida-gun-law/index.html
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)From the new law. This should get thrown out for lack of standing.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Sue away! Hope it costs them millions.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)If I recall, most of the NRA suits are actually lead by an NRA member, with the NRA funding it.
Heller VS DC is a good example of this.
The NRA is no stranger to the courts, so they probably have this covered.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)Bring it on
spanone
(135,831 posts)mpcamb
(2,870 posts)I'm no lawyer, so I have no idea, except that those R reps in FLA love that NRA $ and wouldn't want to turn off the tap.
It's not like they suddenly turned into nice people who care about school kids...
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)kacekwl
(7,016 posts)have no standing. Go cry to Donnie dipshit.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21"
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/03/09/nra-lawsuit-florida-parkland-shooting/
dlk
(11,561 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)that gives millions upon millions to curry favor with our representatives in government. Now, seems to me the best way to deal with this is to find representatives who will refuse to take their terrorist money.
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)I can't see how a drinking age of 21 is legal.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)gulliver
(13,180 posts)Now folks will get to see Wayne LaPierre telling Floridians to shove it on sensible gun law. Wayne LaPierre ain't no Chuck Heston.