Jacksonville, FL — Florida Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) are now moving a bipartisan bill forward that has similarities to school safety legislation passed by the Florida Legislature and signed by Governor Rick Scott.
"The goal of this legislation is to create an incentive for the rest of the states to do what Florida and five other states have already done, and that is put in place strong extreme protection risk orders so that law enforcement and family members have a tool that they can use to go to court, convince a judge that this person is dangerous, and take away their guns before they can take away anyone’s lives," according to Rubio.
Nelson agrees that federal legislation is needed dealing with gun violence restraining orders.
"If there is a red flag, this legislation will give the federal incentives to the states to enact laws like in Florida, that if a red flag goes up, get the person involved in front of a judge so that the judge can decide if they are at risk if they are in possession of a gun," says Nelson
The two Florida Senators and Jack Reed (D-RI) held a press conference Thursday to introduce legislation on "red flag" laws, which included plans to address gun violence.
A current spending bill passed on to the U.S. Senate on Thursday does include some gun safety measures in response to the Parkland school shooting.
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