In March 2018 , the Florida Legislature passed a bill titled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act . It raises the minimum age for buying firearms to 21 , establishes waiting periods and background checks , provides a program for the arming of some teachers and the hiring of school police , bans bump stocks , and bars potentially violent or mentally unhealthy people arrested under certain laws from possessing guns . In all , the law allocates around $ 400 million for implementation . Rick Scott signed the bill into law on March 9 . The governor commented , " To the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , you made your voices heard . You did n't let up and you fought until there was change . " In May 2018 González met with James Shaw Jr. , a man who prevented further bloodshed at a mass shooting in a Waffle House restaurant by rushing the attacker and taking away his AR-15 rifle and saving more lives ; both Shaw and González described each other as heroes
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