Florida lawmakers refuse to consider assault weapons ban despite call for tougher gun control laws

Florida state lawmakers have rejected a bill that would ban assault rifles, less than a week after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a Florida high school.The Florida House voted 36-71 against a motion to consider legislation to outlaw assault rifles and large capacity magazines, effectively killing the bill for the time-being, according to the Associated Press.The vote came as members of Congress, state legislators, governors and student survivors of the Parkland shooting called for toughe