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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GREAT HORNY TOADS! KEEP YER HANDS OFF MAH GUNZ!

Ah, Florida Legislature.

No, Gays, you can't do that. No, Women, you can't do that. No, Poors, you can't have that.

BUT TAKIN' MAH GUNZ IS A VIOLATION OF MAH RIGHTS!!

And so it goes. 

When news broke that the gun control bill hit the proverbial brick wall and died Wednesday afternoon, your elected officials reacted like Yosemite Sam at a hoedown.

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Oh hey, lookit. A bill that would allow armed guards to walk around your kid's school has been introduced to the Florida House, because the state legislature is a fantastic entity of profound and wondrous ideas.

It's called HB 1097. And it's gonna cure all our nation's ills.

The answer to gun violence is more guns, apparently. Because the Second Amendment, or something.

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Community leaders will be gathering in Delray Beach on Saturday for a "We Have Not Forgotten and Demand Action" event. And while the name is overly long and uninspired, the event itself is intended to be a loud shout in the face to Congress and lobbyists alike that gun control laws must pass.

With the Senate grappling to make some kind of sweeping gun control law that will eventually be a tepid, watered down, sopping piece of nothing by the time all the "compromising" is done, some elected officials are still very much going hard to the hoop when it comes to gun control.

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Ever thought to yourself, "Boy, I really wish I could get rid of this gun," while at the same time thought, "Boy, I really wish I had a hundred dollars so I can buy stuff at Walmart"?

Well Saturday is your lucky day, sir.

Sheriff Scott Israel and the Broward Sheriff's Office are holding a gun buyback program this Saturday for anyone interested in turning in their Luger for a hundred dollar gift certificate to Walmart.

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Update: Police reportedly have a suspect in custody. They have not yet released the suspect's name, but say he has a long criminal history.

It's one thing to wake up to the sound of gunshots in the wee hours of the morning. Quite another to have to walk outside and wait in the bitter cold for the cops to sort out the trouble.

Apartment buildings near Johnson Street, Pierce Street and North 29 Ave. were evacuated by police early Thursday morning after reports of gunshots in the area surfaced.

According to Hollywood Police, calls of gunfire coming from an apartment came at around 6 a.m. Police had tenants living in the building where the gunshots were reported leave their units and wait on the street in the cold.

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With some Florida politicians calling for teachers to be armed and others calling for metal detectors to be placed in schools and our very own governor doing pretty much nothing at all about gun control, it seems that people who are not elected officials of any kind have the best solution to the gun problem in the state.

And that solution is to not allow people to buy machine guns and for those who buy regular guns to undergo a serious background check before they do so.

Citizens being smarter than elected officials? WHAT IS THIS TRICKERY??

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President Obama held a news conference in which he unveiled 23 executive actions on gun control yesterday. And, naturally, the GOPers are up in arms and want the president impeached because gun control is tyranny and bad for liberty and un-American and other butthurt reasons.

Among those that are hinting at impeachment is freshman Florida Rep. Trey Radel, who sat down with the Shark Tank bloggy blog to talk about how Obama should probably maybe be impeached because Radel and his fellow GOPz think Obama is not doing enough GOPer things, so therefore impeachment should be done because that's what you do to the president when you disagree with him, right?

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With Florida now numero uno in concealed gun permits and with thousands showing up to the gun show in Fort Lauderdale this past weekend comes today's news conference held by President Obama that aims to anger lots and lots of Floridians who just want to be able to buy themselves an assault rifle so they can pump 200 rounds in less than in a minute into deer, just like our forefathers did.

Obama unveiled his plan to reduce gun violence that included instituting a universal background check, banning military-style weapons, and improving mental health.

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Thousands of people decided to spend their weekend standing in long lines at the Fort Lauderdale War Memorial that stretched out into the parking lot so they can look at guns and then buy them.

The annual Suncoast Gun Show was held on Saturday and Sunday, and people came in droves.

And why not?

Any day now, the government is going to start going door-to-door demanding that people turn in their guns.

So let's stockpile our personal arsenal! Because pumping out 200 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition into a baby deer within a minute is my right as an Amurrrican, dammit!

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