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Florida Legislature Votes Down Measure to Ban Assault Rifles

The Florida Senate proposed having officers be placed at every school in the state.

The Florida State House on Tuesday voted down a proposed motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, “effectively killing the measure for this session,” according to the Associated Press. Also on Tuesday, the Florida State Senate endorsed a proposal to place “law enforcement officers in every school in the state,” which will be included in a larger education bill currently moving through the legislature. More than half of all Florida schools have officers currently in place that are authorized to carry a weapon on school grounds. The proposal will also reportedly be part of of a U.S. Senate Republican bill that will be released this week.