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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

The world was shocked last week when a gunman took an Uber to his former high school in Parkland, Florida, and shot dozens of former classmates. Seventeen perished. Many more were wounded. And everyone in the school that day lived through an unimaginable terror. And, across the country and the world, people are doing what […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 17, 2018

With only three weeks left in the 2018 Legislative Session, the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is dominating the conversation in Tallahassee. Democrats have started making noise about Republicans obstructing their long-stalled gun control bills, while GOP-leaders have focused on the need for changes to mental health laws, and needed funding boosts. Gov. Rick […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 16, 2018

Like many of you, I have spent the last two days mourning the tragic loss of life at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a loss of life that was caused by an assault rifle legally purchased in Coral Springs. This community lost daughters, sons, siblings, husbands, cousins and friends. Feb. 14, 2018, will forever be […]

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham has expanded her response to Wednesday’s high school massacre from vowing to ban assault weapons if she is elected to calling on current Gov. Rick Scott to immediately suspend their sales. She also declared that Scott’s “legacy will forever be covered in blood” if he and the Legislature do not […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2018

As the nation mourns the massacre of 17 people in a Parkland High School, a Republican candidate for Attorney General asserts that calls for gun control are the province of “liberals on Fake News.” Rep. Jay Fant, a Jacksonville Republican, tweeted Friday that “Liberals on Fake News keep saying gun control is the answer. It’s not. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2018

Orlando Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings is lining up with the latest Democratic bill to restrict guns, a measure that would allow families to raise concerns about members who are found to be dangers to themselves or others and for judges to order police to confiscate those persons’ guns. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, a […]

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2018

Declaring that Republican leadership in Tallahassee has “transformed Florida into a petri dish of experimentation for the NRA” and “utterly failed to address public health and mental health care,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King said Friday he would fight the gun lobby, veto their bills, and seek to expand coverage and ban assault weapons. The […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

Though much of the talk from elected officials and politicians in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in Parkland has been of increased mental health screening and “school hardening,” there will be a legal case against Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people at his old high school. Cruz made his first court appearance Thursday, and was […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

On Thursday, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Gwen Graham pitched what her campaign calls “common sense” gun law reforms in the wake of Wednesday’s massacre at a Parkland, Florida high school. Primary among the reforms: Comprehensive universal background checks on gun sales, banning large-capacity feeding devices, seizing guns from abusers, investing in mental health and ensuring the mentally ill […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 15, 2018

Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson told his colleagues on the Senate floor Thursday that they shouldn’t shy away from addressing gun control measures in the wake of the recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. “To those who say now that it’s not the time to talk about gun violence because it’s too soon, we don’t […]

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The FBI provided photos of the alleged shooter of two lawmakers in Minnesota Saturday. Image via the AP.

Jacksonville fundraiser for Parkland victims slated for Thursday

Takeaways from Tallahassee — A tragic dialogue

Joshua Simmons: Stop the posturing, do something about assault rifles

Gwen Graham: Rick Scott should address AR-15s or his legacy ‘will forever be covered in blood’

For Jay Fant, ‘liberals on Fake News’ are driving gun control debate

Val Demings pushes bill to seek gun restraining orders on people deemed dangerous

Chris King releases post-Parkland proposal to address mental illness, ban guns

Pam Bondi: Parkland massacre ‘will be a death penalty case’

Gwen Graham pushes gun law reform, vows to turn ‘anguish into action’

Bill Nelson: ‘Let’s get these assault weapons off our streets’