On Wednesday, March 28 at a town hall meeting; Rep. Randy Fine (R) of District 53 (Southern Brevard County) wants to repeal the gun control provisions of SB 7026  which was just recently passed and signed into law in the upcoming 2019 Legislative Session. Specifically, Rep. Fine said he's going to file three bills ahead of next year's session to reverse the Legislature's decision to raise the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21, impose a three-day waiting period on gun purchases, and to ban bump stocks.

Personally; as a Floridian, I question Rep. Fine's ability to make any common-sense decision when it comes to our 2nd Amendment rights and civil liberties as a whole. Rep. Fines voted "Yea" to pass SB 7026 in its entirety back on March 7, 2018. And now he believes there is an issue with some of the provisions of the bill that he voted in support of? If he finds an issue now with the those provisions, why did he vote in favor of it? Why the sudden change?



Rep. Fine said he voted in support the 105-page boondoggle of a bill because there were other provisions he supported, such as the school guardian program to arm school employees (which doesn't arm teachers by the way, and a number of school districts have stated they will not allow the program to happen in their schools) and the $400 million from Florida's taxpayers to be used for more mental health counseling, school resource officers and to enhance school security.

Rep. Fine stated:

The bill was a 105-page package and there are aspects of it we don't like. There might be someone else who files an appeal to the guardian program. Bills change and laws change over time.

Really? So it is okay to make a number of Floridians into Felons by October 1st and then change the law afterwards? Your logic in no way supports or assist me and my fellow Floridians. Because the 2019 Legislative Session won't start until after my fellow Floridians and I possessing a bump stock is a felony offense under Florida law.

Rep. Fine finished the town hall meeting stating he wants to repeal the three day waiting period and bump stock ban because they "didn't have anything to do with Parkland." He believes that he will have support of the twelve Republican Lawmakers that are up for re-election this November and that voted against SB 7026 will back him. Rep. Fine said that his fellow Republicans that argued against SB 7026 said that the bill violated the Second Amendment. Rep. Fine said he doesn't believe that's the case but thinks the some of the provisions within it are "a bad idea."

Fellow Brevard County Republican, Rep. Thad Altman said at the town hall meeting that he's open to revisiting the age restriction and might be open to amending the three day waiting period to people that have received a FBI Security Clearance. But he's directly against an outright repeal of the gun control provisions. Rep. Altman said:



I think it's premature to talk about changing it in any way. We have a whole year to talk about it and think of ways to make it better. I don't see any real purpose of having bump stocks. You alter a weapon in a way that's not necessary.

Outgoing Florida Senate President Joe Negron (R), who  rammed SB 7026 through the Senate, has said he supports the gun control provisions in the bill.


I think there was a full, fair and thoughtful debate on those issues during session, and the House, Senate and governor reached common ground on a response to safety in our schools. Obviously, any legislator in a subsequent session can ask for actions of a previous Legislature to be reviewed, and I respect that process. I personally support the law that we passed and was signed into law by Gov. Scott.

So why the sudden change by Rep. Fine? Because a lot of Floridians are royally pissed off and have voiced that fact to their elected officials. The Republican Party of Florida and its gun grabbers is going to learn hard that pissing off your base isn't a good way to stay in office.

Why didn’t they have the fucking townhall BEFORE they passed the bill?  Assklowns. Vote them out.

Make believe cock and bull story to allow him to vote for gun control and avoid the consequences.

He's got no intention of repealing anything.

Nothing will ever happen, if they even tried to it will get more media coverage then when they tried to pass it. The amount of protesters will quadruple at the capital and it will be a bigger shit show then the committee hearings were a few weeks back.

What a bunch of lying cock suckers.  Boot them out at the next primary.  Hopefully somebody will run against Altman.  He'll never get a vote from me again.

That guy needs to reverse the chicken wings and big macs he's eating

Tar and feather him.. like they did during the 18th century.. time to drain the swamp of all these useless liking Rino's

If the Tar and feather dont work 17th century might have to revoked. Liberty Tree

This clown needs to be called out in every town hall period..

Do we have any viable candidates for US Senate, FL House and Senate seats that are
up for grabs?

I was a big Scott fan until this last year. He really forgot who got him where he is.

I would say this is how you tell your GOP how it is..

Mark Robinson - NRA Man over animated over his
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGUTvJ327s

That cocksucker knew exactly what he was doing when he signed that bill; vote him out if is he is eligible for re-election; if he is not, watch for him to run for some other office, state, local, or federal, and keep him out!

This is the letter he wrote to his constituents just after passage of SB7026:

[Long read from Randy Fine:

Why We Voted For The School Safety Bill

By Representatives Rene Plascensia, Thad Altman, Tom Goodson, and Randy Fine

Today, we voted for the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, and with its passage, it was sent to Governor Scott for his signature. This ground-breaking legislation, passed in the aftermath of the unfathomable tragedy of the murder of seventeen teachers and students last month in Parkland, is dedicated to ensuring that nothing like this ever happens again in the State of Florida.

This 105-page, $400 million bill offers a multi-pronged strategy to address the existential challenge facing our schools. The bill creates the Office of Safe Schools within the Department of Education and appropriates tens of millions of dollars to assist with school security assessments and hardening. It dramatically increases funding for full-time School Resource Officers, full-time law enforcement personnel in every one of our schools. It provides new mechanisms to temporarily restrain weapons from those adjucated mentally ill or unstable. It commits tens of millions of dollars to increase mental health services for our youth, to make sure we intercept troubled youth before they turn to violence. $400 million dollars to make sure this never happens again.

We’d like to address a number of the more controversial components of the bill. On one side, the bill creates the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program that will allow school personnel, including teachers, to defend themselves and their students in the event of an armed assault on campus. Here are some things you should know: the program is voluntary, and no teacher or school employee will be forced – or even encouraged – to carry a weapon. Any person who wishes to participate will have to complete 132 hours of comprehensive firearm safety and proficiency training, pass a psychological examination designed by the FDLE, pass an initial and ongoing drug tests, and complete annual training and firearm qualification. Ninety-eight percent of mass shooting events have happened in the ironically named “gun free zones.” The statistics shake out this way because mass shooters know they will be able to inflict their carnage unimpeded. It is our belief that simply by having the knowledge that some school personnel COULD be armed will dissuade madmen from making a “gun-free” zone a “gun-used” zone.

To those who complain that this is a “gun control” bill, we could not disagree more. The bill bans devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons, a type of gun that has been illegal for decades. The bill requires a three day waiting period on all firearms, but not for hunters and not for anyone with a concealed carry permit. We don’t see it as an undue burden to wait as long for non-hunters to buy a rifle as it takes to get your items from Amazon Prime. Lastly, the bill does not allow non-military and law enforcement members under 21 to purchase a rifle from a firearms dealer. But it does not stop a father giving a rifle to a son that he believes can own and use it responsibly. It does not stop a mother giving a shotgun to her daughter that she believes needs it to protect herself.

Do we think these gun measures would have stopped Parkland? No. Do we support them? No. But the question before us is not whether we support these measures or whether we support the Guardian program. The decision before us was whether we supported or opposed the package as a whole.

The famous philosopher Voltaire once said that “Perfect is the Enemy of the Good.” Is this bill perfect? No. Are there things we would change? Yes. But is it good? Will it protect children by hardening schools? Yes. Will it provide additional mental health services to try to intercept damaged children before they turn to violence? Yes. Will it remove guns from those determined to be mentally ill? Will it allow the next Aaron Feis to defend himself rather than be gunned down defenseless? Yes.

Bottom line: will it save the lives of those we have the highest obligation to defend – our children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters? Yes. It will.

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Representatives Plascensia, Altman, Goodson, and Fine are the four Florida House members that represent Brevard County]