As governor, DeSantis has generally opposed proposals seeking to restrict access to guns.
Tampa police officers stand in the street in the Ybor City section of Tampa, Fla., after a shooting on Oct. 29, 2023. | Chris O'Meara/APto local police officers following a shooting in Tampa Saturday night that left two dead and almost 20 people wounded.
The Tampa shooting, which sparked criticism from state Democrats over Florida’s less-restrictive gun laws, comes just days after a 40-year-old gunman killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, in the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in 2023. Authorities said a feud between two groups escalated Saturday night into a shooting in the Ybor City area of Tampa, which is a hub for Halloween festivities. The assailants opened fire right as crowds of people had poured into the streets from bars and clubs that had just closed for the night, Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said during a Sunday morning. Two died and 18 were injured, though some of the injuries may have been caused by stampeding when people fled, Bercaw said.
“I do think that we tend to pass the buck with some of these people and just kind of hope that they don’t do anything wrong when there’s a lot of signs,” DeSantis said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I would be more aggressive on some of those fringe people who clearly are demonstrating signs that they’re a major danger to society.”Top Democrats in the state blamed too-permissive firearms laws in Florida for Saturday’s shooting.
Following the mass shooting of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, last year, President Joe Biden signed a gun safety measure into law that provided $13 billion on policy programs aimed at mental health and school safety. Congress doesn’t have the votes for
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