CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas surpassed the number of fatalities in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., becoming the second-deadliest mass shooting at a K-12 school in U.S. history.
If you speak with him or anyone who has lost a loved one or survived a mass shooting, they will tell you it's not about the number — one loss is unacceptable. "We have seen some form of school safety legislation passed in each session for the last five years," Montalto said.In late 2018, mere months after the Parkland shooting, Stand with Parkland worked with state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to pass the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.
"Here in Florida, it's been used over 5,000 times since it was passed," Montalto said."It has saved lives. And people are still allowed to hunt; they're still allowed to target-shoot.In 2019, the state created the Office of Safe Schools. The following year,"Alyssa's Law" passed, requiring all schools to have a mobile alert system with a direct line to emergency services.
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