2018 FL Senate race: on Gun Control

Rocky De La Fuente: Prohibit assault weapons; prohibit bump stocks

De La Fuente: Prohibit certain models of guns, as was done with the 1994 federal assault weapons ban and Gov. Mitt Romney's legislation in Massachusetts.

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws ban bump stocks?

De La Fuente: Prohibit devices that allow weapons to fire artificially fast, similar to fully automatic fire. The Las Vegas gunman used these devices.

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws bar sales under age 21?

De La Fuente: No one 20 or younger could buy a handgun or rifle

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws require background checks?

De La Fuente: Private gun sales aren't required to go through background checks. Some governments require the same sort of checks that are now done by gun dealers. This is often called the gun show loophole.

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws require safe storage?

De La Fuente: Allow criminal charges to be filed if firearms are not kept locked up.

Rocky De La Fuente: Allow open carry in all public places and schools

De La Fuente: Allow weapons to be carried in places including businesses, schools, parks, churches and bars.

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws allow open carry?

De La Fuente: Allow guns to be openly carried.

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws arm teachers?

De La Fuente: Allow schools to decide whether to allow trained and certified teachers and other staff members on campus to carry weapons

Q: Should gun rights & gun control laws allow local licensing?

De La Fuente: Allow communities to set their own rules for firearms and conduct background screenings, with approval from the police chief or sheriff

Q: Should gun rights & gun control laws take guns from mentally ill?

De La Fuente: Remove guns from people who show signs of mental illness.

Q: Should gun rights and gun control laws mandate training?

De La Fuente: Require an initial or periodic gun safety training that covers use and storage.

Edward Janowski: Absolute right to gun ownership

A: There is an absolute right and obligation for free Americans to own and maintain the firearm of their choice, or not if they so choose. It is called the 2nd Amendment. We had a former˙Government try to disarm the public in order to maintain control of the people. This sparked the Revolutionary War with the battles of Lexington and Concord. To try and repeal this right in anyway, is to repeat history in the worst of ways. However, there are those among us that have surrendered that right and other rights through their own actions against a peaceful society. Those individuals are the exception and hopefully the worst of them will never be able to repeat those offenses.

Rick Scott: Don't ban AR-15s; fully automatic weapons already illegal

Sen. Ron JOHNSON (R-WI): I would not support the law. You know, we send our sons and daughters over to Afghanistan, in Iraq. They defend our freedoms. If they do that, they ought to be able to buy a hunting rifle.

Q: What about an AR-15? 18-year-olds with AR-15s, that's OK?

JOHNSON: We ought to really detail what the operational characteristics are of weapons, rather than just a scary name or a gun that looks a little bit scarier. There are plenty of hunting weapons that basically have the same operational characteristics. And it's already illegal to have a fully automatic weapon. It's illegal to convert a legal weapon into an automatic weapon.