the system also stifles the politicians who want change like linda stuart a democratic member of the florida senate she represents the greater orlando area 18 months before the parkland massacre her district experienced a similar tragedy. a gunman in the pulse nightclub killed 49 people and injured 53 some of them severely he was also using an a r 15 semiautomatic rifle. there is no reason for someone to have that high capacity type gun they don't need it for hunting we're not for taking guns away from people and allowing them to enjoy a sport that is not a gun that is for sport that is a gun to kill people and they need to be banned. while tens of thousands of people in orlando mourn the victims linda stuart proposed a new norm in the florida state senate. the bill that i put forward right after the paul shooting was to ban about 70 types of high capacity guns and magazines and it didn't get a hearing the 1st year at all. before a bill can be voted on in the florida senate it must be passed by the judiciary committee and according to the law the senate judiciary chaired the science