Guns

Florida lawmakers voted to extend the regular session to June 6 in order to complete the budget and related items. But they will take at least a week off before returning to Tallahassee.

Accidental deaths ranked No. 1 for people ages 18 to 25 in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Firearms were the "leading mechanism."

The FSU gunman was 20 years old.

If the Senate does not take up the bill, this would be the third year in a row that the House has approved such measures with the Senate not passing them.

USF president Rhea Law cited an "abundance of caution" for the added patrols and encouraged students and employees to take advantage of mental health services offered by the university.

Florida's attorney general, James Uthmeier, said he disagrees with a federal appeals court's recent decision upholding the age restriction, passed in the wake of a 19-year-old gunman killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018.

The Republican-controlled House voted to repeal a law preventing people younger than 21 to own a gun. It's unclear whether the Senate will take up the issue.

Tuesday’s decision temporarily stops the bill from moving forward. The bill, sponsored by Brevard Sen. Randy Fine, failed to get enough “yes” votes after another Republican rejected the idea.

"And of course, making sure that we’re not under the thumb of overbearing local government declaring an emergency to take away our rights”

The only open carry bill filed this session was withdrawn.

The legislation would extend concealed carry rights onto the campuses of state colleges and universities. Guns would be allowed throughout campus, including dorms.

Years after the shooting at the South Florida high school, where a gunman killed 17 people and injured 17 more, lawmakers are still grappling with how far gun control laws should go to prevent these kinds of tragedies.