DeSantis Calls for Institutionalizing , More People Instead of Nationalizing Gun Laws.<br />On Oct. 26, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke <br />about the mass shooting that took place in <br />Lewiston, Maine, the night before. .<br />On Oct. 26, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke <br />about the mass shooting that took place in <br />Lewiston, Maine, the night before. .<br />He said that if he was elected president, he <br />wouldn't sign a gun safety measure, CNN reports.<br />Instead, DeSantis said more individuals <br />with mental health issues would be <br />institutionalized under his administration. .<br />I think what’s ultimately effective <br />is holding people accountable, <br />either through mental adjudication <br />if they’re crazy or convicting them <br />when they’re committing crimes, Ron DeSantis, via CNN.<br />DeSantis went on to say that he wasn't sure a <br />"red flag" law, which bans a person suffering <br />mental health issues from obtaining firearms,<br /> would have helped in the recent mass shooting.<br />DeSantis went on to say that he wasn't sure a <br />"red flag" law, which bans a person suffering <br />mental health issues from obtaining firearms,<br /> would have helped in the recent mass shooting.<br />In this case, I’m not sure. I think an <br />involuntary commitment, though, <br />would have kept him off the street, and <br />I think that would have done the trick, Ron DeSantis, via CNN.<br />CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked DeSantis<br />if he really wouldn't support a single <br />gun measure if elected president.<br />The Florida governor replied, <br />“Restricting Second Amendment rights? <br />I’m gonna uphold the Constitution.”.<br />Former President Donald Trump also <br />made calls for more institutionalization <br />following the Parkland massacre.<br />Former President Donald Trump also <br />made calls for more institutionalization <br />following the Parkland massacre.<br />Part of the problem is, we used <br />to have mental institutions... <br />we had a mental institution where <br />you take a sicko, like this guy, <br />he was a sick guy, so many signs, <br />and you bring him to a mental health institution. We’ve got to get them <br />out of our communities, Donald Trump, via CNN
