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Ryan RayMarch 4, 2015

A matching pair of proposals that would allow Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit during certain emergency situations passed committees in both legislative chambers on Wednesday. First up was Fort Myers Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen‘s HB 493, which passed the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee by a vote of 9 to 2, with Democratic Reps. Clovis Watson and Randolph Bracy dissenting. […]

Diane RobertsMarch 2, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – Some Florida towns have a strawberry festival; some have a seafood festival or a jazz festival or even a frog leg festival. Here in Florida’s capital, we put on an annual Festival of Bad Ideas. Its other name is the Legislative session. Come spring, legislators swarm, careening madly down our narrow, pretty […]

Diane RobertsMarch 2, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – Some Florida towns have a strawberry festival; some have a seafood festival or a jazz festival or even a frog leg festival. Here in Florida’s capital, we put on an annual Festival of Bad Ideas. Its other name is the Legislative session. Come spring, legislators swarm, careening madly down our narrow, pretty […]

Diane RobertsMarch 2, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – Some Florida towns have a strawberry festival; some have a seafood festival or a jazz festival or even a frog leg festival. Here in Florida’s capital, we put on an annual Festival of Bad Ideas. Its other name is the Legislative session. Come spring, legislators swarm, careening madly down our narrow, pretty […]

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 […]

Phil AmmannDecember 15, 2014

Palm Coast Republican Paul Renner received the endorsement today from the National Rifle Association and Unified Sportsmen of Florida in the special GOP primary for Florida House District 24. Renner, a Jacksonville native, moved to Flagler County after losing the GOP primary – by only two votes — in Jacksonville House District 15 in August. […]

Phil AmmannDecember 15, 2014

Palm Coast Republican Paul Renner received the endorsement today from the National Rifle Association and Unified Sportsmen of Florida in the special GOP primary for Florida House District 24. Renner, a Jacksonville native, moved to Flagler County after losing the GOP primary – by only two votes — in Jacksonville House District 15 in August. […]

Adam WeinsteinAugust 4, 2014

I’ve been trying to catch up with Marion Hammer, the former president of the NRA and top lobbyist for the pro-gun group here in Florida, for years. I’m a lifelong gun owner, but she’s never accepted my offers to meet up for a range day. So I was glad to see she’s writing here at […]

Guest AuthorAugust 1, 2014

Physicians interrogating and lecturing parents and children about guns is not about gun safety. It is a political agenda to ban guns. Despite the smokescreen deployed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Medical Association, one need only remember the policy statements and instructions posted on the AAP’s website years before Florida’s […]

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Revised Brandes-Fitzenhagen gun bill disarms former opponents

Diane Roberts: Welcome to Tallahassee’s Festival of Bad Ideas

Diane Roberts: Welcome to Tallahassee's Festival of Bad Ideas

Diane Roberts: Welcome to Tallahassee's Festival of Bad Ideas

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

Paul Renner receives NRA endorsement, "A" rating in HD 24 special election

Paul Renner receives NRA endorsement, “A” rating in HD 24 special election

Adam Weinstein: NRA and its “Docs vs. Glocks” law treat gun owners like children

Marion Hammer: Doctors’ warnings about guns are just part of a political agenda