Cut Floridians’ firepower?
Jared L. Loughner For all the debate over political speech and the shooting in Tucson, Ariz., the more serious policy question is about gun laws. Jared L. Loughner, accused in the shooting, had a...
View ArticleMore gun control after Arizona attacks?
While some people debate whether they need to tone down angry rhetoric in the wake of Jared Lee Loughner’s attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, 9-year-old Christina Green and the others, some people...
View ArticleShould Florida allow guns on campus?
Florida state Sen. Greg Evers, R-Crestview, has filed legislation (SB 234) that lifts the state ban on carrying weapons on the state’s college and university campuses. Sen. Evers says allowing guns on...
View ArticleBan doctors from asking about guns?
The Florida House and Senate have sent Gov. Scott a bill to impose professional sanctions on any doctor who asks inappropriate questions about gun ownership. The law, which Gov. Scott is expected to...
View ArticleFirst Amendment right to ask patients about guns?
Poll: Do doctors have a First Amendment right to ask about guns?’ Some patients might not like it if their doctor asks them whether they own a gun and are storing the weapon and ammunition safely. But...
View ArticleIs Obama right that tightening gun laws ‘ought to obsess us’?
At a memorial service Sunday for the 12 people killed in Aaron Alexis’ rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, President Barack Obama said gun violence “ought to be a shock to all of us, as a nation...
View ArticleShould Florida Legislature pass ‘Warning shot’ bill?
Marissa Alexander, shown here at a bond hearing in November, was sentenced to 20 years for firing what she says was a warning shot to scare off her abusive husband. The so-called “warning-shot” bill...
View ArticleShould people without concealed weapons permits be allowed to carry guns in...
Anyone who has ever lived through a tropical storm in Florida can attest to how stressful it is: loss or power and clean water; navigating debris and long gas lines. Anyone can also tell how usually...
View ArticleWould tougher gun laws help reduce school shootings?
Last Tuesday, 15-year-old Jared Michael Padgett gunman, a freshman at a Troutdale, Ore., high school, shot and killed a fellow student. He also wounded a teacher. Police said Padgett had an assault...
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