Less than a year after a gunman opened fire on Florida State University’s campus, killing two and injuring more, the Florida House has passed a bill intended to prevent another shooting.
Members voted 83-25 on HB 757, Rep. Michelle Salzman’s bill that she says she traveled the state to formulate following the FSU shooting, which happened as lawmakers were present at the Capitol just blocks away from campus.
“It was a tough time. It was a scary time. School was shut down for about a week. We came back and it was a different place. But the question was, what are we going to do? What’s next? How many times is this going to happen before we make it a safer place,” Salzman, a Republican from Escambia County, said during a Wednesday evening floor debate…