Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2019
8min549
Republicans were a near monolith in saying former Congressman had outperformed their expectations.
Tag: Marion Hammer
Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2019
Drew WilsonFebruary 8, 2019
7min941
Gambling expansion is a bad bet, but smokable pot is even money.
Jacob OglesFebruary 7, 2019
6min605
NRA lobbyist sees nothing good in proposal to further regulate private gun transfers.
Jacob OglesFebruary 7, 2019
5min523
Margaret Good met with activists supporting her bill, as well as one famous critic.
Drew WilsonJanuary 7, 20192min467
National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer rolled out the specter of Everytown for Gun Safety in a Friday email to shake some cash out of gun rights supporters. The core of the “alert” was that lobby firm Smith Bryan & Myers is representing the Michael Bloomberg-backed group in Tallahassee, a bit of info she picked […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 29, 2018
8min402
State Sen. Lauren Book on Thursday filed a measure that would shift the state’s concealed firearms licensing program to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Currently, the licensing program is overseen by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, helmed by outgoing Republican Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Book, a Plantation Democrat, said she filed the bill (SB […]
Jacob OglesNovember 20, 2018
5min584
Some of Florida’s biggest gun control advocates saw in Nikki Fried’s Agriculture Commissioner race a victory. “This is a victory for those of us who believe we can do more for gun safety,” wrote Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime died in the Parkland high school mass shooting in February, on Twitter. “I am honored to […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018
4min391
State Senate candidate Lindsay Cross is adding a new bullet point to her list of campaign priorities after the deadly mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday that claimed 11 lives. A minute-long video being shared on social media shows a somber Cross sitting in a church pew wearing a black dress demanding “common sense” […]
Ryan NicolOctober 25, 2018
7min279
The campaign for state Sen. Annette Taddeo is accusing her opponent of circulating a mailer featuring Taddeo in an effort to “purposely lie” to voters in Senate District 40. The mailer highlights a letter sent to Taddeo by Marion Hammer, a well-known lobbyist for the NRA. In the letter, Hammer thanks Taddeo for her March […]
Staff ReportsOctober 8, 2018
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A coalition made up of Florida’s farmers, ranchers and sportsmen have teamed up to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ending live dog racing in the state, according to a Monday press release. But a main supporter of the racing ban said their argument doesn’t hold water. Amendment 13, which would need at least 60 […]