Florida Lawmaker On School Shooting Survivors: Adults Make The Laws

[niyad]

Florida Lawmaker On School Shooting Survivors: ‘Adults Make The Laws’
“Do we allow the children to tell us that we should pass a law that says ‘no homework’?” asked state Rep. Elizabeth Porter.


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Florida students, including many survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, march to the state Capitol on Feb. 21.



Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have earned admiration from people across the country as they’ve stepped up to advocate for gun policy reform in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at their school ― but at least one Florida lawmaker isn’t inspired by their passionate pleas for change. State Rep. Elizabeth Porter (R) on Tuesday criticized her colleagues who support the young activists. “We’ve been told that we need to listen to the children and do what the children ask,” she said during a state House debate. “Are there any children on this floor? Are there any children making laws?”

“Do we allow the children to tell us that we should pass a law that says ’no homework’? Or you finish high school at the age of 12 just because they want it so? No,” she added. “The adults make the laws because we have the age, we has [sic] the wisdom, and we have the experience.” Meanwhile, college students participated in a “die-in” anti-gun protest at the state’s Capitol Rotunda. Some held signs that said, “No armed teachers.”

The Florida state Senate passed a bill on Monday that would allow school staff, excluding most teachers, to carry firearms. It would also establish a mental health program for schools, raise the legal age for firearm purchases to 21 and introduce a three-day waiting period for such sales.

The Florida state House spent around five hours Tuesday on its version of the bill, debating three dozen amendments that would introduce more restrictions, including one to eliminate the concealed carry program for school employees. All of the proposals were defeated. A vote is expected to take place this week, but Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has still not said whether he would sign the bill passed by the Senate. Scott has previously spoken out against the idea of permitting teachers to carry guns in schools.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-porter-gun-control-parkland-survivors_us_5aa0801ae4b0e9381c152672

[madaboutharry]

1. Says the stupid lawmaker to people turning voting age.

[niyad]

2. do you think we should point that out to the clueless twit?

[Leghorn21]

3. We has the wisdom!! Oh this is priceless

“we have the age, we has [sic] the wisdom, and we have the experience.”

Noooo comment

[niyad]

6. that one caught me as well. oh my. and she is a christian.

[Leghorn21]

12. Oh look, this is already on her wiki page! (check last sentence there!)

...Do we allow the children to tell us that we should pass a law that says ’no homework’? . . . adults make the laws because . . . we has [sic] the wisdom.” Clearly she cares more about taking money from the NRA and her own greed than the lives of the American people. [4]

Ohhh, MY

[flibbitygiblets]

20. Illiterate and lacking compassion. Sounds like a fucking Republican.

Those kids are going to eviscerate this cretin.

May someone also steal her lunch money and give her an atomic wedgie, for good measure.

[CurtEastPoint]

21. I SAW THAT AND LOL!

[smirkymonkey]

29. Too bad you won't has the votes in the next election!

Idiot!

[hlthe2b]

4. I sincerely hope she is tossed out in a blue wave led by these newly registered millenial voters.

[ExciteBike66]

5. Safe to say she is not "thinking of the children" then?

[niyad]

7. only when it comes to sex!

[ExciteBike66]

11. Oh my!

[Initech]

8. Time to vote this POS out of office!

[niyad]

9. exactly. does anybody know when she is up for re-election?

[Lochloosa]

16. Rep. So this year. Gerrymandered district.

Incumbent Elizabeth Porter won the 10th District State House race in Florida on Tuesday. Porter is up by 29 points with all precincts reporting.

[niyad]

17. I am going to be ill.

[Lochloosa]

25. That's a very red area of Florida. Don't feel too bad.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Adults make the laws and the children continue to be murdered at school.

What's wrong with that?

[Angry Dragon]

13. she never said they were good laws

[Iggo]

14. Five hours of debate versus 17 dead people.

Fuck you, State Rep. Elizabeth Porter.

:middlefinger: :middlefinger:

[njhoneybadger]

15. Yes, your corrupt and make laws to serve your backers.

[ProudLib72]

18. I wish for evil things to happen to this woman

And I suppose it was all children who were at the country music festival in Vegas? Dumbass!

[Guilded Lilly]

19. Voting age CHILDREN will soon enough school you...

in much more than poor grammar (she added. “The adults make the laws because we have the age, we has [sic] the wisdom, and we have the experience.”)

Enjoy your lousy character and elitist ageist snobbery now, Porter. These “children” are the ones who will drastically change your future employment. Quite legally.

[Leghorn21]

22. Say, has this motherfucker popped by for a visit with young Anthony Borges yet?

Okay then,
PISS OFF

[struggle4progress]

24. "When our children come crying to us that they do not want to be shot down in cold blood,

we must tell them to stop their childish emotional blubbering! We adults must say: So you don't like being shot down? Well, tough luck! It is for your own good! We are the adults and we know better! So you kids should just shut the fuck up and listen to us!"

[Downtown Hound]

26. She's right, adults do make the laws

And we're still waiting for some to show up and do something.

[handmade34]

27. Ms Porter

It is not the old that are wise,
...nor the aged that understand what is right Job 32: 9

and how much experience of being shot at in an enclosed place have you had?

Ms Porter it seems is extremely anti-abortion and pro gun...


Porter is unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Florida House of Representatives because of term limits


https://ballotpedia.org/Elizabeth_Porter

[SoCalMusicLover]

28. Too Bad She's Not Running Again nt