By Dave Workman | Senior Editor
Nine months after the tragic Feb. 14 school shooting at a Parkland, FL high school, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that the aftermath, “Despite an extraordinary series of governmental failures leading to the bloodshed in Parkland, just a few low-level employees have faced consequences over errors that may have cost lives.”
It was a scathing analysis of what happened in the wake of the Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The perpetrator, a former student at the school, used a legally-purchased semiautomatic rifle, which led anti-gunners to demonize the firearm and launch a national campaign to ban the guns or raise the minimum age to own one to 21.
According to the Sun Sentinel, no school administrators, sheriff’s deputies or FBI personnel have apparently been held accountable for failure to act on tips, warnings and even during the shooting.
“But at the agencies charged with keeping Broward County’s schools safe, where leaders have been quick to pat themselves on the back for their work, few people have suffered consequences for multiple errors that have come to light since the shooting,” the newspaper reported.
The Sun Sentinel report contended that one reason the killer was successful was “the easy availability of firearms in Florida,” a remark that seemed reminiscent of long-standing gun control claims. To buy that firearm, the killer had to pass a background check.
State and federal law is crafted to not infringe on the constitutionally-delineated fundamental right to keep and bear arms because the Second Amendment is a right, not a government-regulated privilege.
The story quoted Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine. The high school is in his district.
“There were so many mistakes,” Udine stated. “I don’t feel there’s been sufficient accountability. But more importantly, the people that live in northwest Broward, my neighbors and friends, don’t feel there’s been accountability.”
But Second Amendment activists might argue that with Udine because the past ten months have seen various attempts to hold gun owners accountable with various legislative proposals.
