Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) voted with Democrats on Tuesday to defeat campus carry legislation by a 4-3 vote in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice.
Breitbart News noted that the campus carry legislation, SB 814, would be taken up on Tuesday, giving Republicans the opportunity to allow college students to carry firearms on campus for self-defense.
State Sen. Randy Fine (R) sponsored SB 814 and issued a press release on the bill in February, saying:
Adults should have the right to protect themselves on campus, particularly after so many universities across America chose to protect Muslim terror advocates over their own students. There is no magic force field that keeps criminals from carrying a gun onto campus; this bill will ensure that students have the same rights on campus as they do off.
WLRN reported that every Republican on the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted for the campus carry bill, except Garcia.
“Fine’s campus carry bill lacks a companion bill in the House, meaning it’s unlikely the issue will arise again in the 2025 Legislative Session,” MyNews13 observed.
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