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Scott PowersJune 6, 2018

If you’re a candidate who believes that bump stocks should not have been banned, that Florida residents should be able to open-carry firearms, and that local officials who mess with gun laws should be banned from public office for life, then you, too, might be in line for a National Rifle Association endorsement. But first, […]

Staff ReportsMay 25, 2018

The Publix supermarket chain says it’s suspending political contributions as it reevaluates its giving policy after students from the Parkland, Florida, high school where 17 people were killed called for a boycott because it supports a candidate aligned with the National Rifle Association. Student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School staged “die in” protests […]

ReutersMay 24, 2018

The Parkland, Florida, school massacre has had little lasting impact on U.S. views on gun control, three months after the shooting deaths of 17 people propelled a national movement by some student survivors, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday. While U.S. public support for more gun control measures has grown slowly but steadily over the […]

Joe HendersonMay 24, 2018

If Adam Putnam’s campaign for Governor ultimately crashes on the rocks, historians will note the time of 8:27 p.m., July 25, 2017, as the point where it began to unravel. That’s when he sent out a fateful tweet that was equal parts of bravado and miscalculation. It read: “The liberal media recently called me a […]

Joe HendersonMay 16, 2018

Dear Gun Owner. I have a question for you. I don’t know what kind of weapon you own, or how many. If you bought them legally and hadn’t shot anyone outside the law, your guns are your business. But the National Rifle Association likes to say it represents all law-abiding gun owners by protecting their […]

Scott PowersMay 15, 2018

New NRA President Oliver North‘s comments in an interview last week calling gun protests “civil terrorism” drew harsh condemnation Tuesday from the three Democrats who represent Parkland and the communities around it. “These expletives are too far even for the NRA,” declared U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, whose district includes the scene of the Marjory Stoneman […]

Danny McAuliffeMay 7, 2018

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said although he disagrees with a controversial guest of the Florida GOP’s 2018 Sunshine Summit, he doesn’t think the speaker should be disinvited. In a video clip sent to media Monday from progressive advocacy group American Bridge 21st Century, DeSantis is seen speaking with media. When one reporter […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 6, 2018

In their first joint appearance of the campaign, the two leading Republican candidates for governor Saturday night outlined a series of conservative stances on abortion, gun rights and education There were few differences between Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who each took questions in separate half-hour sessions before the Florida Family […]

Ryan NicolMay 2, 2018

The publisher of the Sun-Sentinel apologized Wednesday after a gun show advertisement appeared on its front page that morning alongside two stories on recent local mass shootings. One story covered a fundraiser for victims of February’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Next to that piece, a photo of one of the […]

Joe HendersonApril 24, 2018

While survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre got headlines and lots of support in the weeks following the murders there, the National Rifle Association was raking in cash. Lots of cash. The Miami Herald reported the NRA’s Political Victory Fund raised $2.4 million in March. For perspective, that is $1.5 million more […]

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Hall of Presidents (screenshot Scott Gustin)

Of bump stocks, open carry, banning people from public office, and the 2018 NRA questionnaire

Publix suspends political giving amid anti-NRA protest

Gun control support fades three months after Florida massacre: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Joe Henderson: Publix will survive this, but Adam Putnam? We’ll see

Joe Henderson: Voices of reason needed in gun debate

Ted Deutch, Alcee Hastings, Debbie Wasserman Schultz blast Oliver North comments

Ron DeSantis: I would not disinvite Dinesh D’Souza

Adam Putnam, Ron DeSantis tout conservative positions

Sun-Sentinel issues mea culpa for insensitive front page gun show ad

Joe Henderson: Mixed messages abound in gun control debate