ORGANIZED ROUNDTABLES WITH
MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,
TEACHERS, MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS AND STATE AGENCY
LEADERSHIP.
THE GOAL IS TO FIND SOLUTIONS
TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE IN
FLORIDA SCHOOLS.
NOW, THE STUDENTS HAD MARJORY
STONEMAN DOUGLAS ARE DEMANDING
MORE THAN ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSIONS.
THEY WILL SPEND TOMORROW
LOBBYING LAWMAKERS ON SPECIFIC
POLICY ADDRESSING GUN SALES,
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
BUT AS THEY DRIVE THERE,
LAWMAKERS HAVE DEALT A BLOW TO
THEIR EFFORTS AND A FEW
STUDENTS WERE IN TALLAHASSEE
EARLY TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
THE HOUSE VOTED TO NOT HEAR A
BILL BANNING ASSAULT RIFLES AND
LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES.
CHERYL AGUIRROLA, A STUDENT AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL WHO SURVIVED
THE SHOOTING, WAS OVERCOME WITH
EMOTION AT THE STATE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
BUT THE FIGHT GOES ON.
CBS4'S TEDD SCOUTEN IS LIVE IN
TALLAHASSEE WHERE HE IS
AWAITING THE STUDENTS' ARRIVAL.
Reporter: THOSE BUSES SHOULD
BE ARRIVING IN TALLAHASSEE,
THEY SHOULD GET HERE AROUND
8:30 OR SO.
MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL
HAVE SOME MORE FIGHT IN THEM
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
HOUSE, DEALING THEM A BLOW, NOT
ALLOWING A DEBATE ON THE
ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE HEARD
FROM THAT STUDENT WHO WAS IN
THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
THE NEXT STEP IS SOMEBODY
WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE IN FLORIDA
-- IT'S GOING TO BE ON THEM AND
IT'S GOING TO BE THEIR FAULT
THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND
THAT THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING
TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.
AND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE
AN EMPTY SPACE IN PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE THEIR
FAULT.
BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING TODAY.
Reporter: THE VOTE WAS RIGHT
DOWN PARTY LINES.
REPUBLICANS VOTING NOT TO ALLOW
DEBATE.
THERE WERE SOME SOUTH FLORIDA
LAWMAKERS THERE, THESE WERE THE
ONES THAT DID NOT ALLOW THE
VOTE TO GO ON.
JEANETTE NUNEZ, HOLLY RAICHAN,
AMONG OTHERS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY
BET THAT THOSE STUDENTS FROM
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WILL
CERTAINLY WANT TO BE WITH AND.
WE WILL BE WITH YOU GUYS.
YOUR VOICES ARE HEARD.
Reporter: A SEND OFF FROM
PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR PAIN.
SURVIVORS FROM THE PULSE
NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE, GIVING
COURAGE AS STUDENTS PULL OUT
HEADING FOR THE CAPITAL.
YOU'VE GOT THIS.
YOU ARE STRONG.
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICES ARE
HEARD.
Reporter: 100 STUDENTS ARE
ON THEIR WAY TO TALLAHASSEE.
ANTHONY LOPEZ IS A JUNIOR AT
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
HE IS MAKING A LIST OF THINGS
HE WANTS TO TELL LEGISLATORS.
MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS,
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS,
INCLUDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH,
PAST HISTORY, AND PRISON TIME.
AGE OF OWNERSHIP.
Reporter: ALREADY, PLANS ARE
BEING LOOKED AT BY LAWMAKERS.
IT'S A BIG MOVE BEING LOOKED AT
BY DOMINANT JUST LATER.
AN INCOMING SENATE PRESIDENT
HAS AN UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT.'S
OFFICE HAS NOT SEEN DETAILS BUT
OUR PARTNERS AT "THE MIAMI
HERALD" POINT OUT HIGHLIGHTS
INCLUDE RAISING THE AGE TO 21
TO BUY AN ASSAULT RIFLE, A BAN
ON BUMP STOCKS, A DEVICE USED
IN THE VEGAS SHOOTING TO ALLOW
FASTER FIRE, IMPLEMENTING A
THREE DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR
GUN PURCHASES, AND DISCLOSING
LOOPHOLES RELATED TO MENTAL
HEALTH.
FOR STUDENTS, IT'S A START.
THIS IS NOT EVEN JUST ABOUT
GUNS.
BUT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND
PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WANT TO FEEL SAFE WHEREVER I
GO.
IF I GO TO SCHOOL OR SHOPPING,
I WANT TO FEEL SAFE AND NOT
WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE AROUND ME.
Reporter: AS THEY MAKE THE
LONG TRIP TO THE CAPITAL, THEY
ARE PREPARING FOR A DAY OF
MEETINGS WITH LAWMAKERS AND AT
SOME POINT, THE GOVERNOR.
STUDENTS ALREADY KNOW THEY HAVE
TO WORK WITH BILLS ALREADY IN
THE PIPELINE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE HEARD AND THAT
SOMEBODY TAKES ACTION.
WE WILL NOT MAKE -- WE WILL
NOT REST UNTIL OUR VOICES ARE
HEARD.
WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL PEOPLE
OPEN THEIR EYES.
Reporter: AND AGAIN, THOSE
BUSES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
PULLING INTO TALLAHASSEE AT
AROUND 8:30 THIS EVENING.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A VERY
BUSY DAY BECAUSE TOMORROW
MORNING AT 8:00, STUDENTS WILL
BE HERE AT THE CAPITAL TO MEET
WITH REPRESENTATIVES AND THE