Sen. Daphne Campbell (D-Miami) has also proposed a bill of her own that has yet to be heard. Her gun safety bill would mandate that holders of licenses for concealed weapons be subjected to a mental health evaluation. “Can you imagine,” Campbell said, “I send my child to school, and I get one phone call: ‘my child is gone by someone who’s sick mentally.’ No one knew! But, he has a gun permit. It’s a simple bill. Before you have a gun permit, I need to know if you’re sick or not.”
Democratic lawmakers threaten to continue bombarding the legislature with gun safety and gun reform bills every year until the proposals are formally heard, giving Republicans an ultimatum of sorts.
