Scott PowersOctober 8, 2020
4min1500
Federal government's first checks to gun violence researchers since mid-1990s.
Tag: Firearms
Scott PowersOctober 8, 2020
Ryan NicolDecember 17, 2019
5min1152
The shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola killed three people and injured eight others.
Scott PowersOctober 21, 2019
4min453
Orange County judges aggressive in taking guns from domestic violence suspects
Scott PowersApril 17, 2019
5min781
SB 7030 to allow armed teachers heads toward final Senate vote.
Scott PowersMarch 26, 2019
7min562
'It's completely voluntary,' Diaz said.
Jim RosicaSeptember 4, 2018
4min624
A gun-rights group is again suing over Florida State University‘s guns-on-campus policy. Florida Carry sued the state university last week over its student conduct code, which was “amended” last June. It now wrongfully prohibits “the open possession of long guns, i.e. rifles and shotguns, in a vehicle unless they (are) concealed,” according to the complaint. The organization sued in Leon […]
Staff ReportsJune 8, 2018
6min534
After a newspaper report published Friday revealed that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for more than a yearlong period stopped using a federal background check database in its concealed carry permits approval process, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam released a statement explaining his department took key steps to correct the issue once it was discovered, […]
Scott PowersJune 6, 2018
9min960
If you’re a candidate who believes that bump stocks should not have been banned, that Florida residents should be able to open-carry firearms, and that local officials who mess with gun laws should be banned from public office for life, then you, too, might be in line for a National Rifle Association endorsement. But first, […]
Scott PowersJune 1, 2018
4min430
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is proposing a tax on bullets to help fund new anti-gun violence and safety programs in Florida schools. The plan, rolled out Friday at a town hall meeting in St. Petersburg, calls for dedicating existing sales tax revenue on firearms and ammunition sales to a special fund, and then adding […]
Scott PowersMay 14, 2018
4min313
Struck with reports that a glaring glitch is preventing mental health records from quickly entering the state’s firearms purchases background system, Gov. Rick Scott today asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to seek a federal grant to hire people to overcome the glitch. The money would be spent through a federal pilot program to hire […]