While legislative attention is understandably focused on redistricting via special sessions, there is one familiar priority already assured for the 2016 legislative session that begins in January. Lawmakers have already filed, actually re-filed, two bills that would allow guns on campuses.
Specifically, the one introduced by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, and Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, would allow anyone with a concealed carry license to bring their guns on college campuses. The other one, introduced by Evers, would give school districts the power to arm a current or former member of the military or law enforcement in each school. These are the same NRA-backed proposals that didn’t pass earlier this year.
Some things never change.