The Parkland shooting has become a catalyst for the national debate on gun control. During a town hall-style event broadcast by CNN days after the shooting, the sheriff told Dana Loesch, an N.R.A. “You just told this group of people that you are standing up for them,” he told her. “You’re not standing up for them until you say, ‘I want less weapons.’”Sheriff Israel then became a frequent N.R.A. And as reports surfaced of deputies’ shortcomings at Stoneman Douglas, Republican opposition to the sheriff grew.

Source: New York Times January 10, 2019 00:31 UTC