A.G. Gancarski
The National Rifle Association endorsed Lenny Curry for Jacksonville Mayor in 2015, yet when we asked Curry about NRA support, he said he wasn’t in “100 percent alignment” with donors and supporters on Wednesday.
“Not issue specific. Any supporter, any donor, any endorser, you’re not going to have 100 percent alignment on,” Curry said at a media availability.
“At least I don’t. They don’t expect that. They expect independent thinking,” Curry said of donors and endorsers.
We asked Curry where he diverged from NRA positions; he offered no answer, potentially a reflection of the balancing act Republican politicians are facing with the gun lobby currently.
“I’m a Constitutional conservative, believe in the rule of law, and the firearm issue is regulated at the federal and state level,” Curry said. “My commitment to public safety has been demonstrated in real investments and real actions here in Jacksonville.”
When asked about the assault weapon ban that the Florida House effectively voted down Tuesday, Curry said that was another example of a state regulation, and offered no comment on the Republican legislators in this region who voted to not even give the bill a hearing.
“Recognizing that we are in very sad times right now, tragic times, I’m going to do what I can in Jacksonville to keep our city safe,” Curry said, citing his reforms of children’s programs via the Kids Hope Alliance as an example of such action.
3 comments
Karen
February 21, 2018 at 12:19 pm
Can you possibly ban assault rifle’s when there are multi millions of them out there?
I would rather see tax dollar spent on additional resource personnel in schools i.e. counselors to identify children with issues, security personnel wandering halls.
This is just a horrible blame game giving the wannabes a platform & using these children to prop up individual political agendas is beyond despicable!
Ben
February 21, 2018 at 6:23 pm
You might want to check with the voters, they don’t agree with you.
Frankie M.
February 21, 2018 at 9:26 pm
We need to turn these schools into maximum security prison with armed teachers roaming the hallways with AR-15s. We can’t let the terrorists win. We need to make sure our children have the illusion of safety that a warm gun will provide.
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