TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The students who swarmed Florida’s state capitol in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre want the Legislature to enact stricter limits on guns. Lawmakers are also considering a program promoted by one Florida sheriff that calls for deputizing someone to carry a weapon on campus. You are so powerful,”‘ said Delaney Tarr, a senior at the high school. We only asked for five minutes and so we’re just sitting until they speak,” said Tyrah Williams, a 15-year-old sophomore at Leon High School, which is within walking distance of the Capitol. Stoneman Douglas’ school resource officer was carrying a handgun when the shooting happened last week, but did not discharge his firearm.

Source: National Post February 22, 2018 05:26 UTC