Florida's Republican governor signed a compromise gun-control bill in a major break with the NRA by on Mar 9, 2018, 3:33 PM Advertisement
 - Florida's Republican governor signed a bill on Friday combining certain gun-control and school-safety measures.
- The bill broke with the National Rifle Association in raising the minimum age for rifle purchases to 21 from 18.
- But it also fell short of expectations from survivors of last month's high-school shooting — they called it a "baby step."
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a school safety bill passed by the Legislature in response to the Valentine's Day mass shooting that killed 17 people at a high school. The bill signed Friday falls short of what Scott and the shooting's survivors wanted. It also marks Scott's break with the National Rifle Association. It raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, extends a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns and bans bump stocks that allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire. It also creates a so-called "guardian" program that enables teachers and other school employees to carry handguns. Student activists from the school where the shooting took place followed the bill's track closely and called it "a baby step." SEE ALSO: A damning new timeline of the Florida high-school shooting shows how badly the armed deputy screwed up DON'T MISS: The Florida shooting suspect withdrew his not guilty plea and instead 'stands mute' to the charges — and it may be part of a legal strategy
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