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Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2017

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Citing email obtained through open-records requests, NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer declared the League of Women Voters of Florida as “Florida’s newest gun ban organization,” working in secret. “The League of Women Voters is not who you think they are. The Florida League of Women Voters is Florida’s newest gun ban organization,” Hammer wrote in a letter […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 10, 2017

Democratic lawmakers and representatives of progressive organizations Tuesday stood in support of a gun safety bill (SB 254). Whether it gets heard this year is an open question. Among other things, it would outlaw the sale, transfer or possession “of an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine” in Florida. As of Tuesday afternoon, the measure – […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 5, 2017

Senator Linda Stewart and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith announced Thursday that they had filed a bill in both the Senate and the House that would ban the sale of military-grade assault weapons in Florida. The bill, SB 254, would prevent the sale or transfer of assault weapons as well as owning them in general. Speaking at […]

Scott PowersAugust 22, 2016

Democratic candidate Susannah Randolph has picked up the endorsement of one of the nation’s oldest and most influential gun control groups, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, her campaign announced. The Brady campaign, started by and named for Jim and Sarah Brady, the former President Ronald Reagan press secretary and his wife, has enjoyed […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016

Democrat Bob Poe is releasing his first television commercial in the Orlando-based Florida’s 10th Congressional District with a declaration of outrage over assault rifles and a promise to seek to ban them and to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Poe, an Orlando businessman and former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, is pushing the […]

Jac VerSteegJune 15, 2016

I have a blended family. A blended gun family. Some of us own guns — lots of guns. Some of us don’t own any. There are shotguns, hunting rifles, revolvers and semi-automatic pistols among the weapons we own. Nobody in my blended family owns an “assault weapon,” as far as I know. Here’s another thing about […]

Scott PowersJune 14, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Susannah Randolph has announced a three-point plan for guns including banning assault weapons and expanding background checks. Randolph is running in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, covering south-central Orlando and Orange County, Osceola County and eastern Polk County. Her position on gun violence was released in response to Sunday’s Pulse nightclub massacre. She, […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016

So, what now? America suffered through yet another gun shooting massacre over the weekend in Orlando, and by now you know all the relevant details. The question is: as a society, do we just stay sad and then move on stoically? “This massacre is, therefore, a further reminder of how easy it is for someone […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 27, 2015

For once, Florida legislators can vote for a gun bill that isn’t totally crazy. But most of them probably won’t. The state has been an embarrassingly irresponsible free-fire zone for years, having led all comers in licensing unqualified gun-toters, giving them leave to shoot fellow citizens with no accountability, and letting them rain hot lead […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 26, 2015

For once, Florida legislators can vote for a gun bill that isn’t totally crazy. But most of them probably won’t. The state has been an embarrassingly irresponsible free-fire zone for years, having led all comers in licensing unqualified gun-toters, giving them leave to shoot fellow citizens with no accountability and letting them rain hot lead […]

Tag: assault weapons

NRA declares League of Women Voters as ‘gun ban organization’

Progressive coalition supports Linda Stewart’s assault weapon ban

Linda Stewart and Carlos Guillermo Smith introduce bill to ban assault weapons in Florida

Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence backs Susannah Randolph in CD 9

Bob Poe’s first TV commercial in CD 10 race takes on assault weapons

Jac VerSteeg: Lessons from a blended gun family

Susannah Randolph call for three-point plan regarding guns

Mitch Perry Report for 6.13.16 — What happens now?

Adam Weinstein: A gun bill so sane Florida lawmakers never will pass it

Adam Weinstein: A gun bill so sane Florida lawmakers never will pass it

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