'Sit this one out': Father of teen killed in Parkland shooting responds when Newsom criticizes Florida permitless carry proposal



Ryan Petty, whose 14-year-old daughter Alaina was among the 17 people killed in the 2018 shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, responded to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) criticism of a permitless carry proposal in the Sunshine State, telling the Golden State governor to "sit this one out."

"FACT: Permitless carry does not make you safer. States that allow concealed carry have higher gun homicide rates," Newsom tweeted. He noted that the proposal in Florida is being made close to the five-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting.

"Hey Gavin, my daughter Alaina was killed at Parkland and I support permit-less carry in Florida. If my daughter were alive she'd be carrying, because she would be defenseless in a gun free zone," Petty responded. "Sit this one out."

\u201cHey Gavin, my daughter Alaina was killed at Parkland and I support permit-less carry in Florida. If my daughter were alive she\u2019d be carrying, because she would be defenseless in a gun free zone. \n\nSit this one out.\u201d
— Ryan Petty (@Ryan Petty) 1675210258

The bill, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis supports, would allow people to carry a concealed firearm without a license — under the proposal, people would be authorized to carry a concealed weapon if they meet certain criteria required to obtain a license, though they would not need to get a license or the training required to obtain a license.

"California has suffered some horrific tragedies over the last couple weeks in mass shootings and gun control advocates promise that if we just implement their preferred policies, we'll be safer as a nation," Petty told Fox News Digital. "California has enacted what you could only call 'the dream' for gun-control advocates, and it is not proving to make Californians any safer. The reason is simple," he said. "Criminals don’t obey gun laws."

"I think Californians should just lift their heads up and realize that what they’re doing isn't making them any safer. You can't perpetually be just one more gun law away from public safety and that’s, unfortunately, what the gun control advocates are peddling," Petty said, according to the outlet.

Last year, gun control propoenent Po Murray absurdly accused Petty of supporting the massacre of kids at school.

"If you don't support the assault weapons ban then you support one of the worst crimes in America --- children being massacred by a shooter with an AR15 in an elementary school," Murray tweeted in October.

"I don’t support an assault weapons ban. Do you believe I support children being massacred, Po?" Petty tweeted.

"YES!" Murray replied.

\u201cYES!\u201d
— Po Murray (@Po Murray) 1665929821

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Father of Parkland shooting victim lambastes gun control activist who accused him of supporting the massacre of kids: 'You are a hack and a grifter'



Gun control activist Po Murray has accused Ryan Petty — a man whose daughter Alaina was among the 17 people killed after a shooter opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 — of supporting the massacre of children.

Murray, chair of the Newtown Action Alliance, issued a tweet last week in which she claimed that people who do not back an assault weapons ban support kids being killed by a school shooter. "If you don't support the assault weapons ban then you support one of the worst crimes in America --- children being massacred by a shooter with an AR15 in an elementary school," she tweeted.

Petty noted that he is not in favor of such a ban, and asked Murray whether she thought that he supported the massacre of kids.

Murray answered with an emphatic, "YES!"

\u201cYES!\u201d
— Po Murray (@Po Murray) 1665929821

"You are a hack and a grifter. Your moronic gun free zones are why my daughter is dead. You shall not infringe on our right to protect ourselves & our loved ones. Go crawl back under a rock," Petty tweeted.

Murray, who has claimed that President Joe Biden's "approval rating should be much higher," noted last week that she voted in Florida's 2022 gubernatorial election contest for Democratic candidate Charlie Crist.

She has accused "MAGA Republicans" of not caring whether children are killed by school shooters bearing AR-15s. "MAGA Republicans don’t care if your kids are hunted & massacred by criminals with AR15s in schools," Murray tweeted.

She has also claimed that GOP figures who oppose gun control bear responsibility for violent crime in the U.S. and that "MAGA Republicans" are supportive of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of the nation of Ukraine.

"Republicans who block gun control measures are responsible for violent crime in our nation," a tweet declares. "Don't be bamboozled. Gas prices are up due to the pandemic & the Russian invasion of Ukraine. MAGA Republicans politicized & prolonged the pandemic & they support Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s their fault," another tweet reads.

The man who perpetrated the Parkland shooting will get life in prison without the potential for parole, though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is currently seeking reelection, said last week that he thought the shooter deserved the death penalty. "I think that, ah, if you have a death penalty at all, ah, that that is a case, where you're massacring those students with premeditation, ah, in utter disregard for basic humanity, that you deserve the death penalty," DeSantis said.

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