Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Wednesday night confronted a National Rifle Association (NRA) spokeswoman, telling her she is not standing up for the victims of a school shooting in Florida.

“I understand you’re standing up for the NRA and I understand that’s what you’re supposed to do,” Israel told NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch at a CNN town hall event held in response to last week’s Florida high school shooting.

“But you just told this group of people that you are standing up for them. You are not standing up for them until you say, ‘I want less weapons,’” Israel said, prompting a standing ovation.

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Israel called for legislation to reduce gun violence, including banning bump stocks and automatic rifles.

He added that schools should be built differently to make them harder to penetrate to prevent future school shootings.

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., have spoken out in recent days after a gunman opened fire in their school on Feb. 14. The students have called on lawmakers to enact legislation that would curb gun violence and prevent school shootings.

During Wednesday night's town hall event, Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Florida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll MORE (R-Fla.) said he would support raising the age requirement to purchase a rifle, something that has received support from other lawmakers. The NRA however, has opposed any new age requirements, saying it would infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens.

Rep. Ted Deutch Theodore (Ted) Eliot DeutchShakespeare Theatre Company goes virtual for 'Will on the Hill...or Won't They?' Florida Democrat introduces bill to recognize Puerto Rico statehood referendum Matt Gaetz, Roger Stone back far-right activist Laura Loomer in congressional bid MORE (D-Fla.), meanwhile, said he would introduce legislation next week to ban all assault weapons.