comfortable with him at home with me. in some places, fear runs deeper because they were victims of school shootings themselves, like in parkland, florida. it jogs up the memories of our own tragedy and creates a level of fear and hansen to de-in our communities. then there are the parents in uvalde themselves. my five-year-old did go to school. having to explain to him why he had to hide under his desk for over half the day is very hard. he can t comprehend it. he just said that he was happy that him and his best friend were safe. being safe at school is something that kids and their parents should be able to take for granted, but they don t, not in this country, not anymore. our thanks to stephanie gosk for that report. julian castro is back with us. julian, during one of the breaks, we talked about the fact that i have a five-year-old and pre-k. the day after the shooting, they had an active shooting
for our lives cofounder, david hoff, urging the government to follow florida s lead to take action on gun reform. a shooter killed 17 people in parkland. they raise the age of purchase from 18 to 21 and put a red flag law in place, allowing authority to seize guns from anyone deemed to be a threat. that law has been employed nearly 6000 times since 2018. joining me now, debbie mucarsel-powell and david jolly of florida. debbie, what lessons do you think florida offers other states on gun reform? look, if one of the things that happened in 2018 after the tragedy of parkland, people in florida had had it with the inaction by officials here.
that had nothing to do with guns. they talk about militarizing schools, strengthening the family unit, giving good guys with guns to protect against bad guys, we watched how that played out here. we know how that played out. given this moment, how do you breakthrough that inane rhetoric? the republican default position is fairly absurd. cause analysis will suggest that the reason of gun violence is not because we sufficiently harden our grocery stores, synagogues and schools, it is because in the united states of america, the ease of access to firearms by anyone that wants one, is right there in front of them. that is the problem, the guns and access to them. i step be referred to in parkland, but we did see there was a little glimpse of the political pressure became greater than the hardened pressure of the gun lobby on republican legislators. i think we will watch this play out in washington.
legislator of florida in the wake of our shooting with governor rick scott, who is senator now, i believe we can do it with a democratic senate, house and white house, as well. parkland survivor and march for our lives cofounder, david hough, urging the government to follow florida s lead to take action on gun reform. a shooter killed 17 people in parkland. they raise the age of purchase from 18 to 21 and put a red flag law in place, allowing authority to seize guns from anyone deemed to be a threat. that law has been employed nearly 6000 times since 2018. joining me now, debbie mucarsel-powell and david jolly a florida. debbie, what lessons do you think florida offers other states on gun reform? look, if one of the things
into our school. one mom in arkansas could not even send her son to school. they did place extra police officers are on campus today, so i thought marketable came at home with me. in some places, fear runs deeper because they were victims of school shootings themselves, like in parkland, florida. it dogs up the memories of our own tragedy and creates a level of fear and uncertainty in our communities. then there are the parents in uvalde themselves. my five-year-old did go to school. having to explain to him why he had to hide under his desk for over half the day is very hard. he can t comprehend it. he just said that he was happy that him and his best friend were safe. being safe at school is something that kids and their parents should be able to take for granted, but they don t, not in this country, not anymore. our thanks to stephanie gosk