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OnPolitics Today: Florida lawmakers just passed a gun control bill - despite NRA opposition

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Florida lawmakers fully approved the state's first gun control measures in two decades Wednesday evening, a bill named after the Parkland high school where a gunman killed 17 people last month. The legislation, called an infringement by the National Rifle Association, would up the minimum age for gun buys and impose a three-day waiting period.

But the bill would also arm some teachers and school staff - a potential no-go for Florida's governor, who now holds the power to make it law. Parkland parents rallied behind the legislation. Teachers opposed it

"There's good and bad in this bill," said Scott Mazur, president of the Leon County Classroom Teachers Association. "I guess it comes down to morals."

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