assault weapons

Former Orlando Chief of Police and current Congresswoman, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) – running as “Chief Demings” in the upcoming election cycle against incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) – has sent out a press release regarding her support for a vote to “pass a renewed assault weapons ban through the House Judiciary Committee.” The ban […]

While COVID-19 mandates have consumed Florida politics for almost two years, gun issues have never ceased to be debated, and the push to ban "assault weapons" presses forward.  Now, State Senator Gary Farmer (D-34) is proposing a new bill to crack down on assault weapons. After months of drafting, Farmer's SB 214 is now ready […]

Democrats and gun violence activists across the country seem to be in the driver’s seat when the gun control conversation pivots to banning assault weapons.

TALLAHASSEE --- Exactly which guns would be outlawed under a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at stopping Floridians from possessing assault weapons is posing a puzzle for state economists. The economists’ task is to predict the financial impact that the proposed amendment, backed by the political committee Ban Assault Weapons NOW, would have on state and […]