Rick Scott: We need to ban ‘specific people from having weapons’

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Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Sunday his gun control proposals, including raising the minimum age to buy a rifle to 21, were “logical,” adding he believed in banning certain people from obtaining firearms.

“I’m not into banning, you know, specific weapons. I think what you need to do is ban specific people from having weapons,” Scott told “Fox News Sunday” in response to a question about why he was not considering stricter “assault weapon” regulations.

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