And more on the aftermath of the Parkland massacre...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/assault-rifle-ban-bill-florida-lawmakers-vote-down-motion-to-take-up-bill-after-parkside-florida-shooting/Yesterday (February 20), less than one week after the school shooting in Parkside, Florida that left fourteen students and three teachers dead, a member of the state House proposed a motion to bring to the floor a bill to ban assault rifles and large capacity magazines.
The bill had been forwarded to various committees, but they had not scheduled hearings and would not meet again before the session ended.
Numerous survivors of the massacre were in attendance as Democratic state Rep. Kionne McGhee moved that the House bring the bill to the floor for debate, bypassing the committees.
The motion failed by a vote of 36-71 (note: a two-thirds majority was required), rendering it essentially dead.
No Republican voted for the motion, and no Democrat voted against; however five members of each party did not vote.
Again: students who had survived the massacre were in attendance, watching as this vote was taken, knowing that its failure meant the bill was effectively dead.
And the Republicans didn't care.
EDIT: “I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons. I do not believe in the general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses.” -- Karl Frederick, President of the NRA, 1939