Castor is an outspoken advocate for gun control . Following the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting , Castor participated in John Lewis 's Congressional sit-in to demand that those on the No Fly List lose the right to purchase firearms . Castor has spoken about her perception of Florida 's lacking gun legislation , saying , " My home state of Florida has some of the weakest gun laws ; we lack expanded background checks that would prevent individuals on the terrorist watch list , criminals , domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill from purchasing guns . " She supports a ban of high-capacity magazines , as well as reinstating the Federal Assault Weapons Ban . While she acknowledged that preventing those on the No-Fly List from buying guns or banning assault rifles might not have prevented the Pulse nightclub shooting , she stated , " if we could stop another tragedy . . . I think it 's reasonable to say , here are a couple of common sense laws we could pass to make Americans more safe . " In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting , Castor reiterated her support for repealing the Dickey Amendment of 1996 , which discourages funding to the CDC to research gun violence prevention
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Kathy Castor