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- Florida’s Republican governor signed a bill on Friday combining certain gun-control and school-safety measures.
- The bill broke with the National Rifle Association in raising the minimum age for rifle purchases to 21 from 18.
- But it also fell short of expectations from survivors of last month’s high-school shooting — they called it a “baby step.”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Flanked by family members of students who were killed during a mass shooting just over three weeks ago, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a $ 400 million school safety bill in response to the tragedy that killed 17 people at a high school.
He said the bill, which was written since the shooting, balances “our individual rights with need for public safety.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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