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Processing Time for Gun Permits One-Third Faster Under Nikki Fried

Processing Time for Gun Permits One-Third Faster Under Nikki Fried

by Sarah Rumpf | Mar 30, 2019

When Democrat Nikki Fried won the Agriculture Commissioner election last November, a number of Republicans and other gun rights advocates voiced concerns that she might interfere with the processing of gun permits once she took over the office. These worries were not...
New Florida Law Used To Take Gun From UCF Student Who Threatened Area Schools

New Florida Law Used To Take Gun From UCF Student Who Threatened Area Schools

by Sarah Rumpf | Mar 22, 2018

The school safety law that Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) signed into law earlier this month included provisions creating “risk protection orders,” under which a civil injunction can be imposed allowing law enforcement to seize firearms from people if a court finds them to be...
Florida Democrats’ special session on gun control shot down

Florida Democrats’ special session on gun control shot down

by Sarah Rumpf | Jun 30, 2016

After the mass shooting in Orlando, Democrats in the Florida Legislature called for a special session to enact gun control legislation, but they’re finding little support among Republicans, who are dismissing the request as a political stunt. Florida law allows...

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