Today on the floor of the Senate I stood up for thousands of High School athletes whose ability to be a part of a High School trap shooting or air rifle team was threatened. In the last few weeks legislation has been rammed through the Senate that is both imprecise and not properly vetted. One of today's bills allegedly aimed at preventing teacher's from being armed in classrooms had the unintended consequence of also eliminating opportunities for kids to safetly participate in shooting sports u

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