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Originally Posted by zeek

Your right-wing hack opinionist used a favorite target of bigots as Red Herring to distract form the fact that the Valentine's day massacre occurred in Florida where Republican leaders have long been in lockstep with the NRA.

NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer has written every piece of gun legislation here for 30 years. Under Hammer's control Florida has led the way in putting guns in everybody's hands. Florida has issued around 1.8 million concealed-carry permits, by far the most in the country.

Florida is often the first place the N.R.A. pursues specific gun rights protections relying on Hammer and her supporters to set a precedent that can then be exported to other states. Since 1998, Republicans have had total control over Florida’s legislature. In that time, the state has enacted some thirty of Hammer’s bills.

This was the state where the NRA pioneered their "Stand Your Ground" law which makes a person’s subjective feelings of fear grounds to shoot someone even if there are other options available.

Florida law prohibits localities from regulating firearms, other than with regards to zoning laws. Governor Rick Scott can remove any local official who enacts a local gun law from office.

Oops, sorry, but I did not know that Nikolas Cruz was a member of the NRA.

Apparently Florida law makes Broward County and the FBI all inept and cowardly too!