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Jim RosicaOctober 19, 2015

State Sen. Maria Sachs has filed an amendment to this year’s “campus carry” legislation that would allow each public college and university to decide whether to allow concealed weapons on campuses. Sachs, a Delray Beach Democrat, submitted the change Monday to the bill (SB 68). The legislation as currently written would delete the current blanket prohibition […]

Jac VerSteegOctober 12, 2015

A recent Dana Summers political cartoon in the South Florida Sun Sentinel and other Tribune newspapers depicts in its first frame a thoughtful-looking Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama saying, “In light of the recent shootings, we need to think about guns and ask ourselves the obvious question.” Then, in the punchline frame, Clinton and […]

Jac VerSteegOctober 11, 2015

A recent Dana Summers political cartoon in the South Florida Sun Sentinel and other Tribune newspapers depicts in its first frame a thoughtful-looking Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama saying, “In light of the recent shootings, we need to think about guns and ask ourselves the obvious question.” Then, in the punchline frame, Clinton and […]

Diane RobertsOctober 7, 2015

In case there’s anyone left who thinks ¿Jeb? Bush is a fine man running a fine campaign for president, I give you his remarks after the latest mass shooting, this one in Oregon: “I don’t think that more government is necessarily the answer to this,” he said. “I think we need to reconnect ourselves with […]

Diane RobertsOctober 6, 2015

In case there’s anyone left who thinks ¿Jeb? Bush is a fine man running a fine campaign for president, I give you his remarks after the latest mass shooting, this one in Oregon: “I don’t think that more government is necessarily the answer to this,” he said. “I think we need to reconnect ourselves with […]

Ryan RayOctober 6, 2015

A House panel Tuesday morning advanced a bill to grant concealed weapons licensees to carry their guns openly in Florida. Or as sponsor Rep. Matt Gaetz put it, restore a right “granted not by government, but by God.” Despite an admonishment from chairman Carlos Trujillo to keep questions to the text of the bill itself and avoid “philosophical” […]

Associated PressOctober 3, 2015

Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush and other Republicans declared their opposition to stiffer gun laws Friday in the aftermath of the Oregon college mass shooting, while Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a national movement to counter the power of the National Rifle Association. Bush said more government isn’t always the answer whenever tragedy strikes […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 17, 2015

Bill Day’s latest takes aim at Florida lawmakers, who once again are pushing ahead with a bill that seeks to allow people to carry guns on college campuses. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the campus concealed carry bill – as well as another proposal – became the first measures passed by legislative committees in preparation […]

Ryan RaySeptember 16, 2015

In its first meeting in preparation of the 2016 regular legislative Session, a Senate committee pulled the trigger on two bills to alter Florida’s state gun statutes on Wednesday. On a so-called “campus carry” bill to allow concealed weapons into higher education facilities, a House panel shortly followed suit. First up was SB 130 sponsored […]

Ryan RaySeptember 8, 2015

Rep. Matt Gaetz unveiled a new ad Tuesday in his race to succeed his father Sen. Don Gaetz in the Florida Senate aimed at seizing the “true conservative” label in what may be a testy Republican primary. The new one-minute spot, entitled “Fighting Obamacare,” was unveiled in an email message to supporters Tuesday morning in response to […]

Tag: National Rifle Association

Maria Sachs files amendment to campus carry bill

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Gun foes should “politicize” deaths

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Gun foes should “politicize” deaths

Diane Roberts: ¿Jeb? Bush comes up numb and dumb again

Diane Roberts: ¿Jeb? Bush comes up numb and dumb again

House panel pulls trigger on open carry

Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton display the political divide over gun control

Bill Day’s latest: Florida battles (again) over guns on campus

Gun bills move forward in early committee action

Matt Gaetz comes out swinging with new digital ad in Senate race