Following the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting , Hastings released a statement in which he said , " The stranglehold of the gun lobby has gone on long enough . " Hastings wrote a letter to the Speaker of the Florida House and President of the Florida Senate urging them to repeal the state 's preemption law , which prohibits communities in Florida from passing their own gun regulations
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Alcee Hastings