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So far the students are getting mixed reactions from lawmakers here. One group tells me that they went to the office of one legislator and were told by a staffer that he was "not a morning person" and couldn't see them.
The students slept on army green cots in the nearby civic center last night. Some were up til 4 am researching lawmakers. They ate runny eggs for breakfast. Many are very nervous.
I watched students meet with two state senators, an R and a D. I will post info soon. Now we're in the Senate. Session just began w a prayer. Rabbi urged "vision in a sea of confusion."pic.twitter.com/ouermHz9zD
Here's what's happening today in the Florida statehouse ...
Republicans are saying that they are going to introduce a package of gun reform bills that include moves like raising the age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21.
However, the students are not satisfied with this. They don't seem convinced that this would have stopped the shooting at their school.
The final meeting for the students from Stoneman Douglas today was with Gov. Rick Scott. It was a two-hour sit-down in which the press was not allowed.
Afterward one student, Piero Guerra, 15, said that the governor had been "kind of neutral" on their proposal to ban semi-automatic rifles, but had been "adamant" in his support for mental health reforms.
The meeting with the governor ended after dark, and afterward, Mr. Guerra and his classmates exited the capitol, where the three buses that had shuttled them to Tallahassee the day before were waiting to take them some eight hours home to Parkland.
And on the sidewalk, Lindsey Salomone, 15, said that after a day speaking with lawmakers — she sat next to the governor during their meeting — she was ready to go home and do the real work: grieve.
"I was in the building, my friends were shot in my class. So emotionally I'm pretty much in shock, I'm not feeling anything, actually," she said. "But everybody is telling me: It will come."
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