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It was banning assault weapons. that's what it is. and i think it was the right time to have that debate. there are hundreds of students from the parkland area. there are many parents. people all over the country who are paying attention to this. and we wanted an honest debate. i would think that the nra believes we should have the debate. and it could have happened yesterday. it could have been on the floor of the state house. i completely disagree. i've been part of the state house for six years. i've seen them waive the rules to allow bills to be heard for committees to meet. they could hav...

Short period of time. also, i know there's conversations now in the legislature with the governor's office about all other things, as well. mental health funding. obviously, we need an enormous amount more. we need the majority party has cut mental health for so many years now. it's hard to count. even in opioid funding. it's woefully under funded. making sure we have the resources necessary. you know, we have a baker act to hold people and question them for 72 hours. . it there was february 13th. there's no way we can hold the young man on anything. he was a 19-year-old who had a number of gu...

School shooting, what do you say? >> representative caldwell, i don't want to talk about the next time. when i was young, we had fire drills, we had tornado drills. i mean, these young people today have murder drills. the status quote is unacceptable. give it a shot to at least consider the ban. >> we are going to consider proposals. you do that. >> but you voted no. >> i disagree with senator redding. >> i did because we don't pull bills out of committee. we're getting off the topic. >> we're not getting off the topic. with all due respect. >> i thought the whole reason i was here to debate i...

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People have that permit. when you walk in the mall, one out of ten people is likely concealed carry. it's making our streets safer. people are willing to defend themselves. that's what the second amendment is about and certainly what i'm going to do continue to focus on. >> okay. i want to fully hear you out and senator raider, to you, listening to your republican colleague here with those reasons. how did that sit with you? >> thank you, brooke. i appreciate this dialogue today and bringing me on. i completely disagree with representative caldwell. he's in the state house. i'm in the state se...