Last Updated Mar 1, 2018 11:52 AM EST
Sen. Marco Rubio took to the Senate floor Thursday morning to outline his plan for gun-related reforms in the wake of the high school shooting in his state that left 17 dead last month.
Rubio, a Republican, was present Wednesday in the president’s bipartisan meeting with members of Congress. Rubio said this attack “could have and should have” been prevented, if federal law was fully followed.
“This killer was a well-known danger” to the school, to the county sheriff’s office, and his neighborhood, Rubio said.
“People saw something. And people said something,” he added, saying somehow the “deranged and violent” suspect was able to take the lives of 17 people.
Rubio suggested a few proposals:
- Rubio said that under Broward County schools’ policies, according to the school promise program, reporting a potentially dangerous student to law enforcement is the sixth step in the process, not the first.
- Rubio said someone who attempts to buy a gun and is prohibited from doing so should be investigated and prosecuted.
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