Associated PressMay 28, 2022
13min0
Gun rights groups have spent $171 million lobbying the federal government since 1989.
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Associated PressMay 28, 2022
Wire ServicesDecember 8, 2020
5min480
The gun-rights group is challenging a Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.
Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2020
7min507
Bloomberg also announced a bus tour starting in Florida Monday.
Scott PowersOctober 3, 2018
3min281
Democratic Attorney General nominee Sean Shaw is launching a television commercial Wednesday that challenges his Republican opponent Ashley Moody on her position on pre-existing conditions health insurance coverage. He also pledges he’ll battle “big insurance” and take other strong stands, including against sexual harassers. The 30-second spot, “Your Side,” particularly goes after Moody for supporting current […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016
4min373
The national Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is going up with digital video commercials in Florida to support several gay candidates for Florida House seats and attack their Republican opponents for voting with the gun lobby. The 30-second commercials begin by pegging onto the June 12 mass murder at Orlando’s popular gay nightclub Pulse, saying […]
Scott PowersOctober 24, 2016
3min283
Democrats are investing heavily in the idea that Florida voters want to see some gun law changes, and the Democrats’ latest is a statewide mailer declaring “Senator Marco Rubio letting guns fall into the wrong hands.” The mailer, from the Florida Democratic Party, hits Rubio, Florida’s Republican U.S. Senator, on donations his campaigns have taken […]
Associated PressJune 14, 2016
3min290
A woman whose 6-year-old daughter was killed in the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School is expressing her grief over the Orlando nightclub shooting that left 49 people dead. Nelba Marquez-Greene posted a letter on the memorial Facebook page for her daughter, Ana Grace, who was one of the 20 first-graders and six educators […]
Peter SchorschJune 14, 2016
7min600
Scoring political points in the immediate aftermath of tragedy is nothing new. The response to the Orlando shooting will surely provide numerous examples in the days ahead, but thanks to Sen. Darren Soto, we already have one of our most egregious examples. Soto, who is currently running for Congress, announced he will hold a press […]
Guest AuthorJuly 27, 20157min211
I’m a Southern, white, gun-owning male who worries one day my family will have to pay the price for America’s unwillingness to stand up to the gun lobby. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but hear me out. I grew up bouncing BBs off the backs of the alligators in Lake Newnan outside of Gainesville, Fla. […]
Eric ConradJuly 25, 2015
7min352
I am a southern, white, gun-owning male who worries that one day my family will have to pay the price for America’s unwillingness to stand up to the gun lobby. I know that sounds counterintuitive, but hear me out. I grew up bouncing BBs off the backs of the alligators in Lake Newnan outside of […]