BSA1
member
Actually we dodged most of the shrapnel......for now.
Though I may not like it, the bill that was passed was the best outcome possible under the circumstances for us Floridians. By sacrificing the age limits and waiting periods, we managed to fend off an AWB, magazine limits, and the end of person to person transfers, all of which the urban leftists from Miami, Tampa, and Orlando were crying for.
This was a victory, of sorts, because it takes a lot of steam out of Dem Gov. Candidate Phillip Levine's campaign- which was SOLELY based on gun control. This guy MUST be defeated in the upcoming elections or we can kiss all our 2A rights goodbye in the Sunshine state. Levine will now have to add some other planks to his stump.......
Being at ground zero here for the Parkland fallout, Gov. Scott and our courageous Republican legislators bent, but did not break, to the massive hysterical media and ignorant social pressure heaped upon them. God Bless them, and please call and email them to let them know they did the best they could and we gun owners will support them!
It is sad that you believe that the only recourse gun owners had is to surrender their gun rights.
Personally I would rather have a anti-gun Governor such as Phillip Levine than the RHINO Governor and Congresspersons you have now.
With a anti-2A Governor you know exactly where he stands which makes it easier to mobilize and fight his agenda. With your Governor Scott and current Congress persons you now know they support restricting your gun rights and you have no way of knowing what other gun restrictions they will support and pass. In fact the anti-2A folks are now empowered and organized to push for more restrictions.
The Republicans did this in only three weeks to prevent gun owners and organizations to get mobilized and mount a effective campaign against the restrictions.
Gun owners in Florida have lost important rights which they will most likely never get back.