Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2022
4min0
Floridians were more likely than Californians to support new gun control laws.
Tag: universal background checks
Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2022
Kelly HayesJuly 12, 2022
6min0
Despite high consensus among Floridians regarding gun regulation, state GOP leadership has made clear its not interested in looking into such reforms.
Jacob OglesOctober 11, 2021
6min1565
Chief planks include restoring voting rights and implementing universal backgrounds checks for gun sales.
Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2019
5min333
“It seems that the majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independents agree on universal background checks.”
Jacob OglesJune 5, 2019
4min633
Broad support transcends party lines.
Scott PowersMarch 13, 2018
3min956
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is launching new television commercials Tuesday addressing post-Parkland calls for assault weapon bans and universal background checks. The 30-second spot “The Moment” is being released in both English and Spanish versions for English and Spanish television stations in all Florida television markets, part of a $1.3 million ad buy from […]
Scott PowersMarch 2, 2018
4min268
The Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, a national gay rights organization launched in response to Orlando’s 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in order to advocate gun control, is releasing a new video focusing on the pain and anger surrounding mass murders, with the intention of keeping emotions high. The video makes a direct accusation toward […]
Scott PowersFebruary 23, 2018
4min292
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said the guns and schools proposal announced Friday by Republican Gov. Rick Scott has some things he supports but called Scott’s plan inadequate and said that the governor was not listening to what Floridians really want following the latest mass shooting: universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons. […]
Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016
4min580
Democrat Bob Poe is releasing his first television commercial in the Orlando-based Florida’s 10th Congressional District with a declaration of outrage over assault rifles and a promise to seek to ban them and to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Poe, an Orlando businessman and former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, is pushing the […]
Ryan RayJanuary 5, 2016
4min235
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson came out in support of President Barack Obama‘s vow to take action on gun control Tuesday. The president, in a national address, said he will move on his own to take executive action to restrict access to firearms, closing the so-called “gun-show loophole” that he says allows devious would-be gun buyers to avoid background checks […]