{"id":28127,"date":"2018-02-16T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28127"},"modified":"2018-02-16T00:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T00:30:45","slug":"gov-scott-right-no-guns-mental-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28127","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Scott has it right: no guns for mental cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gov-scott.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28128\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gov-scott-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gov-scott-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gov-scott-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gov-scott.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Rick Scott has it right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything&#8217;s on the table,&#8221; the Republican governor said on CNN in the wake of the latest horrifying school shooting. This one, in Parkland, Fla., left 17 people dead and nearly as many injured.<\/p>\n<p>A 19-year-old former student at the high school is in custody and has been charged with 17 counts of &#8220;premeditated murder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, what does the governor mean by &#8220;everything&#8221;? I&#8217;ll take a leap here and presume he means, um, <em>everything.<\/em> That means potentially tighter regulations, stricter laws regulating the purchase of guns.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Scott went today where the president of the United States declined to go in discussing gun violence and beginning a discussion about a legislative solution to curbing it.<\/p>\n<p>He said at an impromptu press event immediately after the shooting that people with mental disorders had no business purchasing and owning a firearm, let alone an AR-15 assault rifle like the one used by the gunman in Parkland.<\/p>\n<p>As CNN.com reported: &#8220;Everything&#8217;s on the table. I&#8217;m going to look at every way that we can make sure our kids are safe,&#8221; Scott told CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday when asked if he was ready to commit to working on tightening gun restrictions in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Well done, governor. I hope someone in the right places will heed your message.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Rick Scott has it right. &#8220;Everything&#8217;s on the table,&#8221; the Republican governor said on CNN in the wake of the latest horrifying school shooting. This one, in Parkland, Fla., left 17 people dead and nearly as many injured. A 19-year-old former student at the high school is in custody and has been charged &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gov. 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