CERTIFICATE LIVE WITH US NEXT.. >> IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND BIG
CROWDS TOOK PART IN RALLIES FOR
THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
DEMANDING TOUGHER GUN SAFETY
LAWS.
CONGRESS, THE HOUSE THIS WEEK
PASSED A BILL THAT TOUGHENS
THOSE LAWS BUT IT IS SOMETIMEYED
IN THE SENATE.
>> ALSO THIS WEEK, THE DEADLINE
CAME AND WENT FOR A SPECIAL
SESSION TO TAKE UP GUN SAFETY IN
FLORIDA, AN ATTEMPT
BY-- REPRESENTATIVE JOE GELLER
WHO GOT THE INITIAL SUPPORT TO
TAKE UP A POLL BUT FAILED
WITHOUT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.
HIGH JOE-- HI JOE.
>> HI.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU TODAY.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.
SO WHAT EXACTLY WERE YOU
EXPECTING?
WE DON’T OFTEN DO SEGMENTS ON
THINGS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN BUT
WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING?
>> I HONESTLY THOUGHT WE WOULD
GET SOME REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.
MAYBE THAT MAKES ME EYE EVE
NAIVE, ALL WE WERE ASKING, WE
WEREN’T TALKING ABOUT Z Z
BANNING A SAULTS WEAPONS UNLIKE
WHAT THEY SAID, WE WEREN’T
TALKING ABOUT TAKING ANYBODY’S
GUNS AWAY FROM THEM.
JUST NOT TRUE.
WHAT WE WERE ASKING WERE THE
MOST MODEST OF THINGS.
WE WERE SIMPLY ASKING THAT WE
HAVE STRONGER BACKGROUND CHECKS.
THAT COULDN’T BE EVADED.
THAT WE HAVE INCREASED EXPANDED
RED FLAG LAWS THAT WOULD LET
FAMILY MEMBERS BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT WE WOULD LIMIT MAGAZINE
SIZE ONLY ON RIFLES.
IT WAS THE MOST MODERATE, MODEST
OF PROPOSALS.
WE CRAFTED IT IN THE HOPES THAT
AT LEAST SOME REPUBLICANS EVEN
AT LEAST THE ONES WHO AREN’T
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION WOULD
SUPPORT IT.
AND WE DIDN’T GET ONE SINGLE
REPUBLICAN VOTE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE NUMBERS WERE NOT THERE
FOR YOU, YOU NEEDED 60 PERCENT
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE TO CALL FOR THE
SPECIAL SESSION JUST 19
REPUBLICANS EVEN BOTHERED TO
RESPOND AND THEY ALL VOTED
AGAINST IT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL SNU WHAT
IS THE MESSAGE?
>> THE REALLY SHOCKING THING IS
THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T EVEN
BOTHER TO VOTE.
HOW CAN YOU, LISTEN, IF ARE YOU
HARD ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF YOU
HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CON
VIKSZS-- CONVICTIONS TO NOT EVEN
BOTHER TO CAST A NO VOTE, THAT
IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO EVERY
VOTER WHO JUST WANTS THEIR
FAMILY TO BE SAFE.
I HAVE TO SAY AND I’VE BEEN
AROUND POLITICS A LONG TIME, I
WAS SHOCKED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE,
SO MANY REPUBLICANS DIDN’T EVEN
VOTE.
>> THAT WAS A MESSAGE IN ITSELF
AND I GUESS TO GET THAT MESSAGE
WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE PEOPLE
WHO DIDN’T VOTE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT
THERE THAT THIS LEGISLATURE, YOU
AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, UNANIMOUSLY
DID PASS ANOTHER SET OF SCHOOL
SAFETY LAWS.
AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM
PARKLAND CHRISTINE-- WAS HERE
WITH US A FEW WEEKS AGO TALKING
ABOUT EXPANDING THE, OR
CONTINUING THE MARJORIE STONEMAN
DOUGLAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
AND ATTENTION TO FAMILY
REUNIFICATIONS AND MUCH MORE
ATTENTION AND FUNDING FOR MENTAL
HEALTH PROGRAMS.
AND THAT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT AS
A WIN IN THIS LEGISLATURE.
>> CERTAINLY THE MENTAL HEALTH
FUNDING IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND YOU KNOW, YES, WE ALL
SUPPORT MAKING OUR SCHOOL SAFER.
I WANTED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
SCHOOLS YEARS BEFORE PARKLAND.
BUT THE MAT CERTIFICATE THIS IS
NOT ABOUT SCHOOL.
THIS IS A MATTER OF SOATD, IT’S
NOT JUST SCHOOLS.
THAT’S OBVIOUSLY THE MOST
HORRIFIC SHOCKING THING.
BUT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
SUPERMARKETS AND NIGHTCLUBS,
CONCERT VENUES AND HOSPITALS.
HOUSES OF WORSHIP, CHURCHES AND
SYNAGOGUES.
THIS IS A KROT-- ACROSS SOCIETY
AND WE NEED TO SAY WE’RE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING FOR SCHOOLS EVEN
THOUGH I SUPPORT THAT.
WE NEED YOU TO ACT.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
TODAY IS THE 6th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTINGS
WHERE 49 PEOPLE WERE MURDERED, A
TRULY AWFUL ACT.
JOE GELLER AFTER 2018 THE
MASSACRE AT MARJORIE STONEMAN
DOUGLAS, WERE YOU ONE OF THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO
VOTED FOR THE ACT THAT RAISED
THE GUN AGE FOR BUYING A RIFLE
IN THE STATE TO 21.
AND OTHER MEASURES, IS THAT AS
FAR AS FLORIDA IS GOING TO GO?
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT.
YES, I WAS PROUD TO VOTE FOR
THAT.
IT INCLUDED THE RED FLAG LAWS
THAT MY COLLEAGUE NOW SENATOR
BERMAN WAS PUSHING AND A LOT OF
GOOD THINGS, BANNING BUMP STOCK,
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHT WE
CAN DO BETTER, WE’LL HAVE A
SPECIAL SESSION.
I THINK THEY WERE WRONG.
WE DID SOMETHING.
WE DID SOMETHING THAT MATTERED
BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT
MATTERS NOW.
WE NEED TO ACT IT IS LIKE EVERY
DAY SOME OTHER PLACE IN OUR
SOATD IS TURNING OUT NOT TO BE
SAFE.
PLEASE CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR, ASK
WHY THEY WOULDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO
VOTE.
HOW CAN WE DO THIS.
HOW CAN WE NOT PROTECT OUR
FELLOW CITIZENS.
>> I HOPE WE’LL DO SOMETHING.
>> SO MIRRORING YOUR CALL ON THE
STATE LEVEL, ON THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, THERE SEEMS TO BE NOW AN
APPETITE FOR LOOKING AT WHAT
PEOPLE AGREE ON, BECAUSE FRANKLY
EM’S GOAL IS THE SAME, SAFE
LIVES, THAT IS STIPULATED.
EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE
STRKS JUST HOW TO GET THERE THAT
DIFFERS.
SO LOOK LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
>> AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS IS
NOT GOD ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE TO ACT YOU HAVE TO PASS
LEGISLATION, I’M WAITING TO
HEAR.
YOU HAVE TO SAY, GLENNA, THAT
THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY TO BE
CONSENSUS.
THIS WAS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY TO
GET THINGS THAT THE POPULATION,
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE
OF FLORIDA OVERWHELMINGLY
SUPPORT, BACKGROUND CHECKS, WHO
IS GENS THAT THAT-- .
THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE
FINAL WORD, WE ARE OUT OF TIME,
THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR YOUR