Staff ReportsAugust 8, 2019
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Legislation is forthcoming, he says.
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The review will start during the first legislative committee week, Sept. 16-20.
Melissa S. RazdrihAugust 4, 2019
4min266
Eskamani is spreading the word about the vigil on Facebook, where residents can get updated information.
Guest AuthorAugust 4, 2019
6min271
It's time America's mass shooting epidemic receive the same treatment.
Melissa S. RazdrihAugust 4, 2019
4min319
“Every second of inaction, there is another tragedy waiting to happen in our country. Enough is enough.”
Scott PowersFebruary 13, 2019
3min512
Pulse, Parkland, other mass shootings, "have all been avoidable tragedies."
Ryan NicolJune 6, 2018
4min191
Following February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people, President Donald Trump set up the Federal Commission on School Safety. The commission, chaired by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, was tasked with reviewing ways to keep students safe in light of recent acts of gun violence. One issue the commission apparently won’t […]
Scott PowersJune 1, 2018
4min430
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is proposing a tax on bullets to help fund new anti-gun violence and safety programs in Florida schools. The plan, rolled out Friday at a town hall meeting in St. Petersburg, calls for dedicating existing sales tax revenue on firearms and ammunition sales to a special fund, and then adding […]
Scott PowersMarch 2, 2018
4min379
Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was conspicuously absent from a meeting President Donald Trump convened Wednesday in the West Wing with key lawmakers and stakeholders in the gun violence debate following the Parkland massacre, and on Friday he dismissed the meeting as show, and predicted Trump will pivot from assurances he made there. Speaking […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 10, 2017
3min183
Democratic lawmakers and representatives of progressive organizations Tuesday stood in support of a gun safety bill (SB 254). Whether it gets heard this year is an open question. Among other things, it would outlaw the sale, transfer or possession “of an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine” in Florida. As of Tuesday afternoon, the measure – […]