Florida state Rep. Kionne McGhee (D) asked for the House to debate a bill banning assault weapons on Feb. 20 to keep "the conversation about the solution to combat mass shootings alive." (Florida House of Representatives)The Florida House of Representatives was in session on Tuesday considering several issues. “Unfortunately, just five days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida school, the Florida House just passed a bill that declares pornography a ‘public health risk,’” state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) told the Independent. “Basically, what they have determined is that these are the Republican priorities in 2018: Wasting our time with debate and legislation that declares porn as a health threat. Students of the Florida school where 17 people died last week announced nationwide marches for gun control on March 24.

Source: Washington Post February 21, 2018 10:02 UTC