‘Changing gun laws is not achievable’: Father of Florida school shooting victim blasts focus on gun control and says school security is the real issue
Father of victim Meadow Pollack said changing gun laws is ‘not achievable’
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By SARA MALM
DAILYMAIL.COM
5 March 2018
The father of one of the victims of the Parkland school shooting has said efforts to change U.S. gun laws is ‘not achievable’.
Andrew Pollack’s daughter Meadow, 18, was ‘stalked and shot nine times’ by Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day.
The horrific shooting, which saw Cruz murder 17 people, has sparked a debate on U.S. gun laws and nationwide protests against the lenient regulations around semi-automatic weapons and background checks.
However, Pollack warned against focusing only on gun laws, and not overall school safety in an interview this weekend.
‘Gun laws right now are not achievable. My daughter was murdered by a gun. She should have been safe in the school, he told CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday.
‘I’m not saying don’t go after gun laws. I’m not a gun expert. I’m saying that’s the problem.’
He added that school shootings ‘always getting twisted into gun laws and gun control. If we all focus together, one nation, no political affiliation, we could work together and make the schools safe, and then go fight it out.’
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