By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--August 29, 2018
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“Florida does not require a permit to purchase rifles or handguns. It does not require any firearm registration either, or any licensing for gun owners. To carry a rifle, no permit is needed whatsoever. Carrying a handgun, however, does require a permit, and that restriction is one of the few on gun-owners in Florida. Other than the handgun carry permit requirement, there is a so-called ‘red flag’ law that allows police to take guns away from those deemed as dangerous by their friends and family.”Then, a visibly agitated Velshi played a clip of Florida Governor Rick Scott (R). The Governor suggested that we can’t just pray about solutions to mass shootings, we have to do something about them. Velshi mocked the statement, saying: “Well, which is it? Something’s got to change or we’re going to pray about it?” The problem, of course, is that – as Velshi begrudgingly acknowledged – the shooter didn’t obtain his weapon in Florida. He was from Maryland. There, he purchased two guns legally, eventually using one of them in the Florida attack. MSNBC likes to downplay this fact, but it matters because Maryland already has virtually every gun control measure that progressives claim they want. As Dana Loesch points out, they have “30 day waiting periods, universal background checks, registration, license to purchase, may-issue LTC, ban on previously institutionalized persons owning guns, and no reciprocity with Florida.”
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