The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act was one of those increasingly rare instances in the Florida lawmaking when a majority of both parties came together to pass meaningful legislation.

True, the tragic circumstances that led to the law's passage -- the Feb. 14 mass shooting on a Parkland high school campus -- were extreme. But typically partisan legislators, even many who kowtow to the National Rifle Association (NRA), were moved to increase school security and pass a new set of gun safety laws.

The legislation was not perfect, but it was a start -- and thus hailed by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as a fitting way to honor the 17 students and faculty killed by a troubled 19-year-old with a legally-purchased military-style, semiautomatic rifle.

Indeed, one gun safety provision in the new law would have made it illegal for Nikolas Cruz to buy the deadly assault weapon by raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21.

State Rep. Walter Bryan "Mike" Hill wants to reverse that provision. The freshman Republican from Pensacola has filed HB 175 to essentially revoke many of the gun-control provisions in the school safety law.

That's reprehensible, and tantamount to dishonoring the memories of those who were slaughtered as well as their families and the wounded.

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The NRA has already filed suit in federal court over the gun safety laws -- laws meant to curb unfettered access to weapons of mass killing like that used by Cruz almost a year ago. But Hill, who seems determined to become known as an NRA tool, even wants to legalize bump stocks, a device recently banned by the Trump administration that allows a semiautomatic weapon to fire faster. His bill would also eliminate the three-day waiting period for semiautomatic weapons, rifles and other firearms not classified as "handguns."

It's worth noting how far afield this repulsive measure is. In its 407-page report, the Majory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission doesn't go near the gun safety provisions when it recommends additional ways to secure our school campuses.

And state Senate President Bill Galvano, R- Bradenton, has put himself in the crosshairs of the NRA by saying that he's open to expanding safety measures not reversing what's already been done.

“I will make no apologies for the responsible steps we took in a bipartisan manner in the wake of the worst school shooting in our state’s history,” Galvano said in September. “I have made it clear that as Senate president I will continue to advocate for increased safety and security in our schools."

Fine. He can start by denying this putrid bill even a hearing.