Gun Control

Washington State Ends Conceal-Carry Permit Reciprocity With Florida; NRA Is Pissed [UPDATED]

Over on the West Coast, at the offices of the Washington State Attorney General, the phones have been buzzing with angry callers. Florida is the reason why. Until recently, the two state's shared reciprocity for concealed weapons permits, meaning that the right paper in one state would greenlight yo ... More >>

Gun Control Bill Dies, Florida Legislature Reacts Accordingly

Ah, Florida Legislature. No, Gays, you can't do that. No, Women, you can't do that. No, Poors, you can't have that. BUT TAKIN' MAH GUNZ IS A VIOLATION OF MAH RIGHTS!! And so it goes. When news broke that the gun control bill hit the proverbial brick wall and died Wednesday afternoon, your el ... More >>

Anti Gun Rally Going Down In Delray on Saturday

Community leaders will be gathering in Delray Beach on Saturday for a "We Have Not Forgotten and Demand Action" event. And while the name is overly long and uninspired, the event itself is intended to be a loud shout in the face to Congress and lobbyists alike that gun control laws must pass. With ... More >>

Marco Rubio Pledges Opposition to Gun Legislature Because of Reasons!

In his never-ending, undaunted quest to be the new face of the GOP by being the old face of the GOP, Marco Rubio will add to his nonbigoted hatred of gays, his marginalizing of women, and his denial of scientific fact ways by fighting off any and all attempts to pass gun legislation.He signed a thin ... More >>

Florida Voters Want a Ban on Assault Rifles, Universal Background Check

With some Florida politicians calling for teachers to be armed, and others calling for metal detectors to be placed in schools, and our very own governor doing pretty much nothing at all about gun control, it seems that people who are no elected officials of any kind have the best solution to the g ... More >>

Assault Rifles Are Big Business in Florida as Federal Ban Looms

Florida Rep. Trey Radel Hints at Impeaching Obama Over Gun Control

President Obama held a press conference where he unveiled 23 executive actions on gun control yesterday. And, naturally, the GOPers are up in arms and want the President impeached because gun control is tyranny and bad for liberty and un-American and other butthurt reasons. Among those that are hin ... More >>

Rick Scott Continues to Do Nothing About Gun Control in Florida

Fresh off admitting that he gave away the dog he had adopted before being elected once he was elected, Rick Scott has moved on to tackling more current events. Such as gun control. Specifically, gun control in Florida. And, in what has been his go-to move, Scott plans to do nothing but will listen ... More >>

Obama Unveils Sweeping Gun Control Proposals

With Florida now numero uno in concealed gun permits and with thousands showing up to the gun show in Fort Lauderdale this past weekend comes today's news conference held by President Obama that aims to anger lots and lots of Floridians who just want to be able to buy themselves an assault rifle so ... More >>

Thousands Attend Suncoast Gun Show Over the Weekend

Thousands of people decided to spend their weekend standing in long lines at the Fort Lauderdale War Memorial that stretched out into the parking lot so they can look at guns and then buy them. The annual Suncoast Gun Show was held on Saturday and Sunday, and people came in droves. And why not? ... More >>

James Tracy, FAU Professor, Says Sandy Didn't Happen; Revels In Notoriety

Americans have long tolerated if not wallowed in conspiracy theories. Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't alone when he shot Kennedy. Aliens landed in Area 51. We never got to the moon, etc. etc. But quite possibly the most despicable and callous of all conspiracy theories recently rose from South Florida. Ja ... More >>

Win a Free Glock From the Delray Shooting Center!

Glock 17, Free to Good Home.Responsible owners wanted.Should be able to provide proper housing. Previous gun ownership preferable, but not required.See Also:Fort Lauderdale Gun Show Takes Place on City Property -- Kids Get in Free!Florida to Be First State With 1 Million Concealed-Weapons LicensesSt ... More >>

NRA Holds Press Conference, Rick Scott Still Silent

It took them exactly one week after the Newtown tragedy to come up with things to say, but the NRA finally held their much ballyhooed press conference Friday to let all of America know that guns are totally awesome so don't stop buying them, please. NRA Head Honcho Wayne LaPierre joined our very ow ... More >>

Sandy Hook Tragedy Has Florida Parents and Students on Edge

Tensions have been high right here in Florida ever since the tragedy that unfolded in Newtown, Connecticut, last Friday. People are being arrested for bringing guns into schools, modified lockdowns are being enforced over bullets found on a school bus, and we're learning that bulletproof backpacks ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Says "Leftists" Using Newtown to Promote Anti-Gun Agenda

Didn't take conservative blowfish blowhard Rush Limbaugh long to jump into the Newtown fray and open his mouth hole to say things about how the media, the Left, Democrats, and all other Pee-On-the-American-Flag-and-Use-the-Constitution-to-Wipe-Their-Dicks Freedom-Hating Groups to come out and try to ... More >>

Sandy Hook Killings Should Mean Gun Control

For the record, the killing of 20 innocent school children in Connecticut was about the most horrible thing I have heard in years. They didn't deserve it -- and Florida needs to act -- We have issued one million concealed weapons permits.One of the many outrages of these killings is that neither pre ... More >>

Florida to Have the Most Concealed Weapons Permits in the U.S.

Hey good news, everybody! In only a matter of days, Florida will officially be number one in the most people with concealed weapons permits in the country! According to Florida's Secretary of Agriculture Adam Putnam -- who seemed so proud of the milestone, he thought it would be neat to hold a pres ... More >>

Congressional Candidate Shoots Self: Anti-Muslim Activist Is Challenging Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Challenger Accidentally Shot Himself Looking in Mirror

Republican Joe Kaufman loves the Second Amendment, and if he wants to look in the mirror and play with his gun, daggummit, that's his right. He exercised that right last November -- and shot himself in the finger, according to Gossip Extra."Don't go thinking I tried to commit suicide," he told the w ... More >>

Legislators Trying for Gun Bans in Government Buildings and Daycare Before "Catastrophe"

imfdb.org​There's currently a list in the Florida Statutes of 15 places where you can't bring a concealed weapon. A pair of state legislators would like to make that 17.Last year, the legislature passed a law that would impose fines on counties and municipalities that tried to write up their own g ... More >>

Joyce Kaufman-Induced Broward Schools Lockdown Lands Woman Two Years in Prison

BSOEllisa Martinez​The woman who caused an FBI investigation after sending threats to right-wing radio host Joyce Kaufman -- leading to the lockdown of more than 300 Broward County schools -- was sentenced today to two years in prison.Ellisa Martinez was arrested in November after emailing and cal ... More >>

Your Pediatrician Can't Ask You About Guns: The Bad, the Good, and the Hilarious in Senate Bill 432

Of potential pediatric concern.​The bad news: After percolating through subcommittee and getting yeaed and nayed half to death, Senate Bill 432 is headed to the Senate Floor today. SB 432, please recall, is the bill that would prevent pediatricians from asking parents whether they own a gun. (Pedi ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Fires Away In Support Of Gun Control

via Sun SentinelDebbie Wasserman Schultz and Gabriel Giffords, who was shot in the head earlier this year.​The Florida House's self-defeating restoration of plans for a prescription drug database to help fight our state's lethal abuse epidemic caught quite a buzz last week. But Congresswoman Debbi ... More >>

UPDATED: Schools Threat Suspect Is Green Party Member

The woman charged by the FBI with making a threat that led to the lockdown of more than 300 Broward County schools after hearing the words of right-wing talker Joyce Kaufman isn't a member of the Tea Party -- she's a member of the Green Party. Ellisa Martinez was arrested yesterday for ma ... More >>

FAU Student: Ordering Ammo on Campus Was a "Really Stupid Idea"

Photo providedRyan Beauchamp, back in 2004, with his mom at a gun range in New Hampshire.​Police at Florida Atlantic University's campus in Boca Raton called Ryan Beauchamp on March 10 while he was working as a valet on Sunrise Boulevard. They had found a box of ammo in the University Village Apar ... More >>

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Rubio Wins the Week in GOP Senate Race

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyU.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio scored two big endorsements this week, plus the criticism of from one of those Democrat-leaning MSNBC talking heads, which kinda counts as an endorsement. About 1:10 in the video above, Hardbal ... More >>

Florida Home to Fresh-Squeezed... Handguns?

A study published last month by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group lead by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, says that not only do lax gun laws lead to more murders, higher crime rates, and more law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, guns from those states are used more often in ... More >>

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