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Read More »Gun trafficker, former jail guard avoids prison time in controversial sentencing
Despite illegally selling nearly a dozen firearms, including one to a stranger who used it to kill a young man and injure a mother of two at an Ocala Pilot gas station in May 2021, gun trafficker and former Alachua jail guard Kenyari Brewton, 27, will avoid a prison term, …
Read More »Florida Democrats Reveal Political Strategy On New Gun Laws
The political strategy for Democrats hoping to rewrite Florida gun laws is emerging in Tallahassee, as lawmakers introduce more than a dozen new bills to see whether any proposals might gain traction among majority Republicans. Their tactics are part ambitious optimism – Republicans so far seem uninterested in their ideas …
Read More »Florida Lawmakers File Anti-Gun Violence Legislation
Bold-lettered signs that read, “Stand up to the NRA”, “No NRA Money” and “Disarm Hate” floated above a crowd of Democratic legislators on the capitol’s fourth-floor rotunda on Tuesday. In a gun violence prevention press conference, freshman legislators unveiled proposed gun legislation for the upcoming session. It was organized in …
Read More »‘God Loves Gay People’: Pulse Survivor Lends His Support To Controversial Gainesville Conference
A local church is facing backlash from the LGBTQ community for promoting what some argue is “disguised conversion therapy.”
Read More »Suspect Gets 30 Years In Florida Mosque Fire
An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter attended occasionally.
Read More »Lawmakers, Activists Push For Proposed Gun-Safety Legislation
In light of the Pulse Nightclub shooting,the recent mass shooting at a Fort Lauderdale airport and the fatally shooting of an Orlando police officer, the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence unveiled proposed gun-safety legislation at a press conference in Tallahassee on Tuesday.
Read More »305 Claims Approved For Pulse Victims’ Fund
By Associated Press Officials with a fund created from donations for victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting say they will distribute $29.5 million on 305 claims when the process is completed. Officials with OneOrlando Fund said Friday that $27.4 million has been distributed for 299 claims so far. Officials say …
Read More »Senator Rubio Asks FBI To Share Info After Pulse Shooting
Senator Marco Rubio asked the FBI to share information concerning victims' needs after the Pulse Nightclub shooting with the City of Orlando.
Read More »Q&A: Lawyer Helps to Establish Aid for Orlando Shooting Victims
Feinberg is now lending his expertise to the city of Orlando, where he is consulting on the OneOrlando Fund
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