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FL Gov. Rick Scott signs new gun bill into law just weeks after deadly school shooting

Victims of the Florida High School Mass Shooting
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
March 9, 2018

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a new gun measure into law, just over three weeks after the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, left 17 people dead, according to news reports.

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