TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida officials have outlined their plans to make schools safer after a shooting last week that left 17 people dead. But some say it’s not enough. Talia Rumsky is one of them.
The 16-year-old student who survived the shooting was among those who traveled to Tallahassee on Wednesday to lobby lawmakers about gun control. She said Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to make it illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase a gun is a start, but shouldn’t be the end of gun control efforts.
Scott announced plans Friday to put more armed guards in schools and to make it harder for young adults and some with mental illness to buy guns, responding to days of intense lobbying from survivors of last week’s shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School bus driver Pearlie Corker, gets a hug at the school as some teachers return for the first time since the shooting, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 in Parkland, Fla. Corker arrived at the school as Nikolas Cruz began to shoot students and teachers on February 14th, she stayed on the bus in front of the school praying for the students and teachers. The school is scheduled to reopen next week. (Charles Trainor Jr/The Miami Herald via AP)
Margarita Lasalle, a bookkeeper and Joellen Berman, a guidance data specialist look at a memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after returning to the school for the first time since more than a dozen victims were killed in a mass shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School former student Ariana Gonzalez weeps at a cross of slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas coach Aaron Feis, on a hill honoring those killed, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. Teachers and staff returned to the school, to begin to organize and prepare to welcome students next week. Over a dozen students and teachers were killed on Valentine’s Day in a mass shooting at the high school. (Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald via AP)
Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie talks to the media Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 as teachers and school administrators return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first time since more than a dozen victims were killed in a mass shooting at the school, in Parkland,Fla. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
Florida Governor Rick Scott lays out his school safety proposal during a press conference at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, Feb 23, 2018. Scott proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a plan to prevent gun violence. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
The press gather around Democrat Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith for comments after the Republican leadership laid out their school safety proposal during a new conference at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, Feb 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Florida Governor Rick Scott lays out his school safety proposal during a press conference at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, Feb 23, 2018. Scott proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a plan to prevent gun violence. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Florida Governor Rick Scott leaves the room after his school safety proposal press conference at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb 23, 2018. Scott proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a plan to prevent gun violence. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
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