Hello. On February 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He killed seventeen students
and staff members and injured seventeen others. Witnesses identified
nineteen-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz as the assailant. He was
arrested in Coral Springs by the Broward County Sheriff's Office
shortly after he escaped the scene. Cruz had purchased food at Walmart
and McDonald's restaurants after leaving the scene. Cruz confessed to
being the perpetrator. He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated
murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Police and prosecutors have
not yet provided a motive and are investigating a pattern of
disciplinary issues and unnerving behaviour. It is the deadliest
shooting at a high school in the United States history surpassing the
Columbine High School massacre which took place on April 20, 1999. The
shooting was the deadliest mass shooting of 2018 and came at a period
of heightened public support for gun control following the attacks in
Las Vegas, Nevada and Sutherland Springs, Texas respectively in
October and November 2017. Following the massacre, public anger and
frustration towards the inaction of the Republican-dominated
legislature on the wider issue of mass shootings and gun violence led
to the founding of Never Again, a civil organisation formed by
survivors and students of the shooting to demand legislative action on
gun violence. They advocated for gun control, their voices were heard
but no critical action has yet been taken. On March 9, Governor Rick
Scott signed a bill that raised the minimum age for buying rifles in
Florida from 18 to 21. The legislation also established waiting
periods and background checks for gun buyers. The law also allowed for
the arming of teachers who were properly trained and the hiring of
school police. So-called bump stocks would now be banned and some
potentially violent or mentally unstable persons would be prohibited
from possessing arms. Nevertheless, this bill hasn't yet been
ratified. Subsequently, the National Rifle Association immediately
filed a lawsuit that challenged the federal constitutionality of the
age requirement clause. At the aftermath of Pittsburgh's Synagogue
mass shooting last weekend, another mass shooting has just occurred.
On Friday evening, a gunman killed one person and wounded four others
at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida. Apparently, he then fatally
shot himself dead, officials stated. What am I going to say about
this? Why is the NRA more powerful than law enforcement and
congressional authority collectively? Well, without any flattery,
because it has the power of money. It basically suborns them through
denotative bribery. If you listen to this key CNN Town Hall gun
debate, you'll notice this in the tone of NRA spokeswoman, Dana
Loesch. During the Town Hall debate, Dana of NRA was asked by a school
teacher to define the phrase "a well regulated militia" as stated in
the second amendment. I want you to just watch this small segment of
the video. Here is the link:
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/02/22/gun-town-hall-nra-militia-definition-sot.cnn/video/playlists/stoneman-douglas-parkland-shooting-cnn-town-hall-gun-debate/
She wasn't able to answer the teacher's question plainly. During this,
however, senator Rubio
of Florida was completely hushed, as if his mistress was speaking.
Could we possibly witness more corruption than this? Now, I like to
hear your opinions folks. Thank you, Mustafa
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