Brendan Farrington, Author at Athol Daily News

ADDS DATE - Ryan Petty, center, father of Alaina Petty, reads a prepared statement, Monday, March 5, 2018, surrounded by other parents of the victims of the fatal Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla. The parents called on the state’s Legislature to pass a bill they believe will improve school security. (Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald via AP)

Florida senators pass gun restrictions

by Brendan Farrington Associated Press, Terry Spencer Associated Press, and Gary Fineout Associated PressMarch 6, 2018

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It doesn’t include the assault weapons ban that students who survived Florida’s deadly school shooting demanded of lawmakers, but the state’s Senate narrowly passed a bill that would create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow…