mayor, it s good to see even opponents in a primary can come together on this issue. let me show you tape of the actual shooting of this young man that we are rallying in clearwater this afternoon about. clearly, as we see the shooting and he goes back in the store, his 5-year-old son, standing there, he shoved him and he starts backing up and the guy comes out and shoots him. he says stands your ground, while he s backing up. the thing that also got to me, mr. mayor, is he died in front of his 5-year-old son standing at his side and two kids under the age of 2 years old, all of whom will be with their mother at the rally this afternoon, in the car watching them, traumatized for life. he went to the morgue and his shooter went home to bed and has
who basically crafts the legislation. since we are the minority, we have to fight for every bill that comes to the floor and gets agendaed. they basically pass what they want. so, really, the fact that they haven t brought it to the floor and the fact that they had to table it friday and now we are looking at bringing it back monday is very telling. the students came up and the parents. this movement must continue. it has done more to shape policy than we have been able to do in the last 25 years. andrew gillham, you have fought marion hammer in court. you can t make your own gun laws or ban guns from parks. is there a future we can see of a florida where you as mayor of tallahassee can stop people from carrying an ar-15 into the city park. they sued us because they
assault rifles. true to nra form, the florida bill would clear the way for arming teachers in public schools in florida, because that s the way the nra wants it. in florida, the nra always gets what it wants. at least for now. joining me to discuss are andrew gillham, tallahassee mayor and candidate for governor and robert ascencio. i am going to start by playing some video of you, representative ascencio. this was you on the floor of the florida house talking about this idea of arming teachers. take a listen. i have been involved in shootouts and seen children die as a result of gun violence. think back to your eighth great english teacher. tenth grade art teacher.
of these incidents are occurring on a daily basis. there is a shift, it feels, andrew gillham in the political wins. it used to be that democrats why loathed to talk about guns where in florida marion hammer is essentially the permanent governor of the state. she says jump and all the lawmakers say how high. you tweeted out this week that you are going to take the pledge, the no nra money pledge, which is a national organization that is trying to get people to say they will never take any money from the nri. y and you are running for governor and so is gwen graham back in 2013. i am a very big supporter of the second amendment. my husband is in law enforcement. he wears a gun every single day.
in addition to being a mayor, you re also an attorney. i want to ask you about the legality and the ethics. i want to put that tweet up, i will kill any tax legislation benefits delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the nra. is there an ethical or legal problem with doing that? you don t have to be a lawyer to know that s unseemly, it looks to be political blackmail. stacy has said we have a republican attorney general, we don t know exactly where that s going to go, but who really has a claim here is delta. frankly they have a first amendment right violation against the state of georgia, a claim that s valued, georgia admits, to be abouts $50 million. you cannot by official state