Tag: gun control
Debate party at Sports Grill Kendall. Image via AP.

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018
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Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine wrote Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron on Thursday, urging a commitment to gun control measures in the wake of the Parkland massacre Wednesday. “We need more than thoughts and prayers — we need immediate policy changes that can have an immediate deterrence of these tragic incidents,” Levine […]

Danny McAuliffeDecember 5, 2017
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A testy meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday saw the deaths of three pro-gun bills, including Chairman Greg Steube’s “courthouse carry” push. SB 134, Steube’s bill providing for concealed-carry permit holders to store firearms at courthouses, was joined in failure by Lakeland Republican Sen. Kelli Stargel’s SB 274 and Steube’s other gun-related bill, SB 148. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017
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Democrats who believe that running against the Second Amendment is a road to victory in 2018 need to think again, according to a poll released Tuesday. A University of North Florida survey showed that only 42 percent of respondents support a ban on assault weapon and large-capacity ammunition sales; 52 percent of respondents oppose, including 55 […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 21, 2017
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Michelle Gajda, the Florida chapter leader for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, spoke to reporters in the Capitol’s rotunda Tuesday as the group’s members met with lawmakers about gun-related legislation. Monday’s story about the organization is here. A Periscope video of Gajda’s remarks to news media is below: Gun control press conf. https://t.co/8Yf1FVAw3N […]


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