New Gun Control Bill Expected to Pass Requires Background Checks to Purchase Ammo
Published: April 23, 2021
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Connecticut US Senator Richard Blumenthal were given massive coverage in the media this week to push their new tyrannical gun control law. “The Ammunition Background Check Act of 2021,” would require all citizens who wish to purchase ammo for their already-legal firearms to undergo background checks first.
The law is also called “Jamie’s Law,” named in honor of Jaime Guttenberg, one of 17 victims in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
On Thursday, the congresswoman from Florida took to shamelessly exploiting the Parkland tragedy to push even more senseless gun control measures.
Florida school district had no duty to warn parents of Nikolas Cruz s obsession with murder before Parkland shooting because he d been expelled, judge rules
A Judge ruled Monday that the Broward County school district cannot be held liable for failing to predict actions of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz
Cruz is awaiting trial on 17 counts of murder and 17-counts of attempted murder after Feb. 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Families of the victims have sued Cruz, as well as the school district, the Broward Sheriff s Office and on-duty deputies for failing to thwart the massacre
In their lawsuit, they claimed the school district became aware of Cruz s obsession with guns and murder years before the massacre but didn t stop him
the agency admits they were warned about nikolas cruz six weeks ago but they dropped the ball. we are part of this community. as this community hurts, so do we. reporter: the bureau revealing that on january 5th, a person close to nikolas cruz called the fbi tip line with information about cruz s gun ownership, a desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts. and this, the potential of him conducting a school shooting. the fbi says the information should have been assessed as a potential threat to life, but no further investigation was conducted at the time. we truly regret any additional pain that this has caused. reporter: the news sending a shockwave through this community. 17 innocent were taken from us, because they failed to do this. they failed our school and they failed parkland. reporter: this was actually the second tip the fbi received about cruz. in september, video blogger
place, that someone like nikolas cruz really stood out. aggressive, crazy, weird, psycho. reporter: brody speno spent nearly a decade a few doors down from cruz. he remembers cruz having a violent side, even at a young age. he, like, cornered a squirrel and was, like, sending rocks at it, trying to kill it. it was just weird. reporter: former classmates also paint a twisted picture. they say cruz was obsessed with guns and was disciplined for bringing bullet casings to school. about a year ago, i saw him upset and i was like, what s up with you? and he s like, i swear to god, i ll shoot up this school. reporter: he was ultimately expelled. and there were other signs of trouble. in september, video blogger ben bennight saw a disturbing comment on his youtube page. a commenter with the name nikolas cruz posting, i m going to be a professional school shooter. i found that to be odd and disturbing, so, i forwarded that screenshot to the fbi. reporter: the fbi tonight sayi