A push to reverse one of the key portions of the school safety law passed in the wake of the Parkland shooting is moving in the Florida House.
The bill would lower the age to purchase a long gun from 21 back down to 18, but a father who lost his daughter in the Valentine’s Day shooting is pleading with lawmakers to reconsider.
Two weeks from today will mark the sixth anniversary of the Parkland shooting, which claimed the lives of 17 at Marjory Stonemason Douglas High School in 2018.
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Later that same year, school safety legislation passed in honor of the victims passed with bipartisan support and was signed into law.
“Each of these safety laws that Florida has passed as a state is written in the blood of the Parkland victims,” said Tony Montalto with Stand With Parkland.
One of those victims was Montalto’s 14-year-old daughter, Gina.
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For a second year in a row, Montalto has traveled to Tallahassee to fight efforts to reverse one of the key pieces of that initial school safety bill, which raised the age to purchase long guns from 18 to 21.