WIOD broadcasted live from CNN's Town Hall meeting "Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action" Wednesday night at the BB&T Center in Sunrise.
During the town hall, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he would support laws barring those 18-years-old and younger from buying assault weapons.
He also voice his support for gun violence restraining orders, getting rid of bump stocks and improving the background check system.
"I hope they will pass that, and I think that is a result of your advocacy," Rubio said.
Rubio was the only Republican who spoke at the town hall after President Donald Trump, Gov. Rick Scott, Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Florida Senate President Joe Negron declined invitations to the CNN town hall.
Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed in the Stoneman Douglas shooting, told Rubio that his comments about the shooting “and those of your president this week have been pathetically weak."
Guttenberg got a standing ovation from the audience before challenging Rubio to acknowledge that "guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids."
Rubio agreed while speaking next to Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Ted Deutch, both Democrats from Florida. The three agreed that arming teachers wasn't a good idea.
The town hall followed a day of school walkouts around the country to demand a ban on assault-style rifles like the one Cruz was able to buy when he was 18-years-old.