All Departments Trigger-lock proposal tried again Democrats hope shootings involving children will advance the chances of a bill requiring trigger locks.
Republicans are skeptical.
A bill to require locks, like this one, on the triggers of guns kept where children live was proposed last session, but quickly died. The governor has said he would not support further gun control. A week after a Michigan first-grader shot and killed a classmate, Democratic lawmakers in Florida say they want gun owners to put trigger locks on any firearm kept where children live. The Republican-controlled Legislature dismissed a similar measure last year and is skeptical that a bill could pass this year, but Democrats hope the recent shootings involving children will highlight the need for the safety device. This is not an anti-gun bill.