by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Members of the community organization Dream Defenders publicly staked out its position on the city of Pensacola’s response thus far to an incident in July during which a…
Category: Guns
New task forces addresses gun violence, police training
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is partnering with the United States Attorney’s Office to form a task force purposed with addressing gun violence and also provide training for the…
Prof. Andrade’s Guns and Money 101
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Rep. Alex Andrade knew it was going to be a tough evening. The District 2 Republican was sitting in the Brownsville Community Center for a post-legislative session town…
Officials speak out on gun violence
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Following another shooting Monday in a string of shootings in recent weeks in the Pensacola area, local officials joined with victims’ family members Wednesday to implore people with…
Little support for Hill publicity stunt to repeal gun reforms
State Rep. Mike Hill has proposed a bill (HB 175) that would repeal the gun control measures passed last year in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
Safety panel: Schools need ‘culture change’
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida — Safe corners in classrooms, locked or staffed doors and gates and “Code Red†policies are some of the basics recommended by a state…
Gaetz: Dems are targeting Orlando lawmaker with special session call [podcast]
Last week, State Rep. Matt Gaetz predicted that the Democratic lawmakers would attempt to call a special Florida legislative session on gun control. Yesterday, Democratic lawmakers on submitted 46 letters from House…
Coalition calls for special Florida legislative session to ban assault weapons
A coalition of more than 60 local, state, and national organizations have called on the Florida Legislature to convene a special session by July 4 to ban assault weapons and strengthen background…
Court rejects appeal on University gun case
A state appeals court this week turned down a request for a rehearing in a lawsuit that has sought to overturn a University of Florida ban on guns in residence halls and…
Will someone introduce a bill requiring mandatory arming of reporters?
Yesterday, a gunman killed two reporters in Roanoke, Va. The shooting and the screams of one of the reporters were captured on camera. Sadly, that wasn’t the only mass shooting incident for…
Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus oppose Evers’ bill
Florida HB 4001 and SB 68 would force loaded, concealed guns onto state college and university campuses FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2015 (Tallahassee, FL): In response to the introduction of HB…
Evers files new bill for guns on campus
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Two Republican lawmakers Monday filed proposals that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns on college and university campuses, setting the stage…