Florida state Senate narrowly passes gun-control package

A sign outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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On Monday, the Florida Senate passed a bill focusing on guns and school safety programs. The legislation would enact a three-day waiting period to purchase any gun, invest $400 million in mental health services, raise the age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, and ban the purchase and possession of bump stocks.

The bill, named the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, narrowly passed on a 20-18 vote. It does not ban the sale of assault and assault-style weapons in the state or set limits on high-capacity magazines, but it does include an amendment that sets up a school marshal program, allowing certain school staff members to carry concealed weapons on campus.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.