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Washington State Ends Conceal-Carry Permit Reciprocity With Florida; NRA Is Pissed (UPDATED)

By Kyle Swenson Fri., May 3 2013 at 8:54 AM
Categories: Gone Shootin', Gunz!

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Over on the West Coast, at the offices of the Washington State Attorney General, the phones have been buzzing with angry callers. Florida is the reason why. Until recently, the two state's shared reciprocity for concealed weapons permits, meaning that the right paper in one state would greenlight you to pack heat in the other.

But due to some changes passed last year by Florida legislators, Washington automatically ended the two-way deal. With the state no longer recognizing Sunshine-state stamped licenses, the well-oiled mechanics of the pro-gun lobby are kicking into gear. The ire is aimed at Washington's Attorney General, Bob Ferguson.

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Win a Free Glock From the Delray Shooting Center!

By Rebecca Dittmar Tue., Jan. 8 2013 at 10:37 AM
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Glock 17, Free to Good Home.
Responsible owners wanted.
Should be able to provide proper housing. Previous gun ownership preferable, but not required.

A movie theater might give out free passes to a new film. Pet stores might adopt out a free cat with the purchase of cat food and a litter box.

When you're the Delray Shooting Center, you give away a weapon.

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-Fort Lauderdale Gun Show Takes Place on City Property -- Kids Get in Free!
-Florida to Be First State With 1 Million Concealed-Weapons Licenses
- Stand Your Ground Laws Increase Homicide Rates, Study Finds
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Stand Your Ground Laws Increase Homicide Rates, Study Finds

By Kyle Swenson Thu., Jan. 3 2013 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Gone Shootin'
Arming America's moral protectors.
The great, well-oiled bullshit factory that is the National Rifle Association would have you believe the controversial Stand Your Ground laws have no drastic effect on a state's homicide rate. Because really, why would loosening the restrictions on violent engagement do a thing like that, right? Right? Hello?

In concept, the law gives licensed gun holders the option to stand tough in a violent situation outside the home, whereas the old code required would-be self-righteous triggermen to retreat. But since the world's most powerful gun advocacy group began ghostwriting the laws for willing state legislatures -- starting with Florida in 2005 -- the legislation's effectiveness has been a tough call -- effectiveness here being how many dead black kids in hoodies we can keep off the street, supposedly.

But a Texas A&M study has kicked a serious hole into the side of the pro-Stand Your Ground stance.

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Fort Lauderdale Gun Show Takes Place on City Property -- Kids Get in Free!

By Deirdra Funcheon Thu., Jan. 3 2013 at 8:09 AM
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A Bushmaster assault rifle like the one used in the Sandy Hook massacre.
About eight times a year, the Suncoast Gun Show takes place at Fort Lauderdale's War Memorial Auditorium -- city-owned property -- and the next event is coming up January 12 and 13. Attendees are allowed to bring guns into the show, and kids get in free!, the website announces. (Admission is $8 for adults.)

Some people might think it's just peachy that little Billy and Sally learn to shoot, but the idea of kids and guns together sounds haunting to those of us who haven't shaken off the terror from the murder of innocent children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. (Their surviving classmates just started school again yesterday.)

Fort Lauderdale activist/tile shop owner/former mayoral candidate Earl Rynerson is one person who's actually taking action locally in the wake of Sandy Hook. He wants to pressure city officials to stop hosting gun shows on city property.

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Man Arrested for Bringing Gun Into Holy Land Experience

By Chris Joseph Tue., Oct. 2 2012 at 8:46 AM
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You would think this would be the one theme park that would allow -- even encourage -- arms. Because of God and guns and all. But... yeah, no. Not the case.

A New Jersey man was arrested Sunday for attempting to bring a gun inside the Holy Land Experience theme park in Orlando.

The man was vacationing with his family when he told them he needed to "talk with God," according to Orange County Sheriff's deputies. And when you wanna talk to God, you gotta pack some heat. Just to show him you're one of his people. 

The man, whose name has not been released, was reportedly recently discharged from the military.

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Florida Black Bears No Longer "Threatened;" Prospective Hunters Set Their Sights

By Stefan Kamph Tue., Sep. 4 2012 at 6:49 AM
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Hunters say if they're not allowed to shoot black bears, more will end up as roadkill like this one.
Time was, Rusty McKeithan could load up a truck with four or five dogs, grab his rifle, and set out into northern Florida's Apalachicola National Forest to crawl on his hands and knees after black bears. McKeithan, 54, and his pals would drive along until the dogs caught scent of a bear and started barking. Then they'd set off down a track through underbrush, hot on the scent of mammals that can reach hundreds of pounds.
 
All that changed in 1994, when bear hunting was made illegal in Florida, and the bear was thereafter listed as a "threatened species." 

But now experts say the population has rebounded -- and in August, the bear was officially removed from the threatened-species list. In places like South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, hunting them could once again become a possibility. 

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Super-Racist Walton Henry Butler Shoots Black Man in Face, Eats Dinner, Cops Say

By Rich Abdill Tue., Jul. 31 2012 at 2:12 PM
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Today's egregious Florida gun crime comes to you from Port St. Joe, where police say 59-year-old Walton Henry Butler shot a man in the head last night, then sat down and ate dinner while the victim lay bleeding at his door. Police say he was upset because "he had only shot a nigger."

The victim, 32-year-old Everett Gant, had gone to Butler's apartment to confront him about calling a child a "nigger" and making "several racial remarks to the black children in the apartment complex," according to the police report. Butler allegedly responded by shooting him in the face with a .22-caliber rifle.

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Aurora Massacre and Upcoming Election Drive Crowds to Broward Gun Shops

By Chris Sweeney Mon., Jul. 30 2012 at 5:00 AM
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In the week after the horrific massacre of a dozen people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, background checks for gun sales in Florida surged 14 percent from the prior week. All said, the Sunshine State recorded more than 2,300 background checks in the seven-day stretch that followed.

Chris Mucha, a manager at Tropical Firearms in Davie, says there was an immediate uptick in business. "From the day after it happened... I'd say we've seen 50 percent more sales than we normally have," Mucha says. "Whenever you have something happen like what happened in Colorado, people get scared into buying guns."

But, according to Mucha and other nearby other gun shops, it's not just the Aurora shooting that's pushing people to stock up on firearms.

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Florida to Be First State With 1 Million Concealed-Weapons Licenses

By Rich Abdill Thu., Jul. 26 2012 at 9:13 AM
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Running scared.
We told you yesterday about how a review of Florida "Stand Your Ground" cases revealed that many of the people getting away with homicide had (several) previous arrests, and we told you before that about the Tampa Bay Times study that found that the law, which allowed Floridians to kill people they are scared of, is being applied in all kinds of unpredictable (and contradictory) ways.

Now, there's another Florida quirk coming to light to make you uncomfortable about shootouts in the street: We're on pace to be the first state to issue 1 million concealed-weapons permits.

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Most Floridians Who Use "Stand Your Ground" Are Alleged Criminals, Report Finds

By Rich Abdill Wed., Jul. 25 2012 at 7:15 AM
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Quick! Someone grant him immunity from prosecution!
Some people took issue with the way the Tampa Bay Times analyzed the application of "Stand Your Ground" cases in Florida last month. They've come out with another case study, however, and this one's way less ambiguous: They looked at more than 100 cases in which people got out of homicide charges by invoking the Stand Your Ground defense and found that well more than half had previous problems with the law.

Looks like all those politicians yelling about how they're protecting law-abiding, otherwise defenseless citizens didn't really have any idea how their slipshod law allowing people to just shoot each other in the road was going to pan out.

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