Associated PressJune 15, 2021
18min1468
Military pistols, machine guns, assault rifles, armor-piercing grenades were lost or stolen.
Tag: handgunsBilly Long. Image via AP.
Associated PressJune 15, 2021
Jacob OglesOctober 3, 2019
5min3237
Legislation would radically expand ability to carry guns in public.
A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2019
5min1192
"This is the ultimate school hardening law."
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 […]
Jim RosicaMarch 3, 2018
3min389
The Florida Senate on Saturday began its consideration of a school safety bill in response to the Valentine’s Day deadly shooting at Broward County’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Senate President-designate Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican, presented the latest version of the bill (SB 7026), a summary of which is below. He was still taking […]
Scott PowersFebruary 26, 2018
5min253
A set of three new proposed bills in the Florida House announced Monday seek to make significant changes in the state’s gun laws. Among the proposals: Raise the minimum age for buying a gun in Florida to 21, expand the three-day waiting period to cover the purchase of all firearms, ban “bump stocks,” and create […]
Melissa RossMarch 21, 2016
2min225
There’s been a string of Democratic victories, keeping the White House firmly out of GOP hands. Much of the country feels disenfranchised. Then, a federal ban on handguns is approved. It’s the final straw. Discontent swells into armed rebellion. Texas secedes from the Union, followed by most other Southern states, and a bloody civil war […]
Associated PressDecember 22, 2015
4min687
Concealed handgun permits held by residents of 25 states will no longer be valid in Virginia, that state’s attorney general said Tuesday, drawing swift criticism from GOP lawmakers. Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, said the state will revoke its reciprocity agreement with the states because their concealed weapon laws don’t meet Virginia’s standards. Those states hand out permits to […]