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Drew WilsonJuly 24, 2018

Tampa City Councilman Harry Cohen, also a candidate for Tampa Mayor, on Monday called for the immediate repeal of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Cohen’s statement follows last week’s fatal shooting of Markeis McGlockton in Clearwater. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced Friday that an arrest would not be made because the shooting fell within the bounds […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2018

Peter Rummell is among the leading names in Jacksonville’s Republican donor class, and he made news himself this weekend as part of a New York Times article detailing prominent GOP donors who no longer will back candidates who support assault weapons sales. The article focused on Al Hoffman, a Florida-based political donor and businessman who […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2017

Florida Statute defines “breach of the peace” with language from a bygone era, describing it as “acts … of a nature to corrupt the public morals, or outrage the sense of public decency, or affect the peace and quiet of persons who may witness them.” Rep. Cord Byrd, a Jacksonville Beach Republican and 2nd Amendment purist, filed […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2016

Democratic Florida House candidate Beth Tuura blasted her primary opponent Henry Lim Wednesday following reports he had been arrested last year for carrying a loaded gun into a federal building. On Monday Lim, an Orlando-based immigration lawyer, acknowledged to FloridaPolitics.com that he had forgotten he was carrying a Beretta .32-caliber handgun in his briefcase when […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2016

Democratic Florida House District 47 candidate Henry Lim was arrested for carrying a gun into the Miami U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in 2015, a case he said Monday was due to his unfortunate oversight. Lim, an immigration lawyer, said he was representing a client in Miami and left Orlando early the morning of Nov. […]

Staff ReportsAugust 8, 2016

A firearms-rights organization is appealing a trial judge’s ruling involving a Florida State University game day guide. Florida Carry filed a notice of appeal in the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. The university printed and distributed a college football pamphlet last year to be distributed before games that said campus visitors were not […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2016

Wednesday afternoon found termed-out state Rep. Lake Ray moderating a forum of House District 12 Republicans looking to replace him in Tallahassee. Everyone was there. Except the frontrunner. Terrance Freeman, Stan Jordan, Mark MacLean, and Don Redman had 45 minutes to make their case at the regular meeting of the Southside Business Men’s Club. The story going in: Clay Yarborough has […]

Peter SchorschJune 20, 2016

At first blush, Sen. Darren Soto joining other Orlando-area lawmakers in calling for a Special Session to implement new restrictions on firearms purchases make perfect sense. After all, he’s a young Democrat from an urban Central Florida district who occasionally makes liberal noises when it comes to LGBT rights, women’s access to health care, and other […]

Ryan RayJune 16, 2016

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may straddle the fence on some issues dear to progressives, but she came out on Thursday with a full-throated endorsement of Senate Democrats’ plan to notify the FBI when a suspected terrorist buys a firearm. The bill’s main Senate sponsor is Florida’s senior Sen. Bill Nelson, who introduced the bill Wednesday in response to […]

Ryan RayJanuary 21, 2016

A bill to outlaw discharging a firearm in more residential areas was advanced Thursday in the state Senate. In Capitol-speak, the proposal was considered and rolled over for third reading, meaning it is set for a final vote before the chamber as soon as next week. Senate Bill 130 by Naples Sen. Garrett Richter prohibits firing a gun […]

Tag: 2nd Amendment
Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Tampa Councilman Harry Cohen calls for Stand Your Ground repeal

Peter Rummell proposes ‘transformation,’ debate in approach to 2nd Amendment issues

‘Breach of the peace’ may be a relic of the past under new legislation

In HD 47 race, Beth Tuura blasts Henry Lim for gun incident

HD 47 Democrat Henry Lim dismisses 2015 arrest charge as oversight

Gun group appeals ‘Game Day guide’ case

House District 12 Republicans talk guns, Obamacare, and the ‘entitlement society’

Another day, another position on guns for Darren Soto

Gwen Graham co-sponsoring Bill Nelson’s gun purchase oversight bill

Bill to curb backyard gun ranges advances in Senate