He has the nerve to claim he is a defender of Floridians Constitutional Rights, yet it was under his leadership as a committee chair that he killed FIVE of the SIX PRO-GUN BILLS THAT DIED UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP THIS PAST SESSION!
Some claim that "he was passed over and screwed by leadership specifically because of his hard work to limit the harm of the Stoneman Douglas act and his vocal push to fix our outdated and unconstitutional gun laws."
One of the bills he killed was HB 6083. HB 6083 would have repealed the Stoneman Douglas act (Parkland Gun Control) in its entirety and he never brought it up for a vote.
As the committee chair, he can bring up legislation for a vote.
Actions speak louder than words. He said one thing and did another this past session.
Byrd told me directly at the start of session that he would bring up HB 123, HB 1205, and HB 6083 for a vote. He said it would be by the half way mark of session.
He then backtracked and claimed that since there was no Senate Companion bill, it was a waste of time.
Sorry, but that excuse doesn't work with me.
He could have brought it up anyways and been the hero fighting the Legislative Dictators and he could have shown that he wasn't a Trunkless Pachyderm like others within the the political machine.
A RECORDED VOTE IS CRUCIAL.
Enough of the games where everything dies in committee without a vote.
These people claim they're pro-freedom? Then they need to prove it.
If HB 6083 had no path forward, then why worry about it. Bring it up for a vote and vote in favor of it so there is a record that he stood against the corruption.
Again, actions speak louder than words.
