Local officials are vowing to work harder to keep guns and ammunition away from the mentally ill and those who pose a potential threat to society.
During a community briefing Thursday morning, Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he's already told House Speaker Paul Ryan that "if someone is mentally ill, he should not have access to a gun."
Broward County Schools Superintendent Rob Runcie said "now is the time to have a real conversation about gun control legislation," and if adults can't manage that in their lifetimes, he said students will do it.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel called for giving law enforcement more power to detain people who make threats.
"What I'm asking our lawmakers to do is go back to places like Tallahassee and Washington, D.C., to give police the power," the sheriff said, to detain people who make graphic threats or post disturbing material online, and bring them involuntarily to mental health professionals to be examined.
Will this prompt any change?