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Florida closes in on six-week abortion ban while also allowing no-permit gun carry (The Guardian)
SUMMARY: “Florida took another step to the right on Monday when the state senate approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks, a measure supported by Republican governor and expected presidential candidate Ron DeSantis – who on the same day signed into law a bill allowing the public to carry concealed guns without a permit.
“…[T]he new weapons law will allow anyone who can legally own a gun in Florida to carry one without a permit. It means training and a background check will not be needed for people to carry concealed guns in public. The state now has nearly 3 million permit holders.
“…And as he signed the gun rights bill, later on Monday, Democrats and gun safety advocates, pointing to mass shootings in Florida like the massacre at the 2016 Pulse nightclub in Orlando and the Parkland shooting, said the new law will only make the state more dangerous. It came just days after three children and three adult staff were gunned down at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.”
MY TAKE: I’m not sure what bothers me the most: the total disregard for people’s safety to pander for votes, the insult to women by taking away their rights to control their own body just so they can feel self-righteously virtuous, or the ignorance of Floridians to allow this to happen in the face of evidence that shows both laws are detrimental to public health and safety and a blow to the tenets of our Constitution. Florida’s Republicans have become parents of the spoiled toddler in the shopping cart screaming for candy, which they give to them regardless of the consequences. Baby wants to carry a gun? How cute. Here you go, kiddo.
While Floridians are arming themselves for a trip to the local movie theater, they might take a moment to do some research: “Do guns make us safer? Science suggests no” Harvard School of Public Health; “More Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows” Scientific American; “Effects of Concealed-Carry Laws on Violent Crime” Rand). As of last week, there were 130 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year; last year there were 647 mass shootings.
When asked about solutions after a shooter attacked The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, killing six people, including three children, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn) said Congress is “not gonna fix” the problem of school shootings. Instead, he called for “a real revival in this country. Let’s call on our Christian ministers and our people of faith.” That kind of thinking has led us to banning books, drag shows, education, and voting rights.
Good to know that instead of solutions to the body count, we can count on their “thoughts and prayers.”