PARKLAND, Fla. — Fortified by fences and patrolled by more armed personnel, schools will open their doors to students for the start of the new year with a heightened focus on security intended to ease fears about deadly campus shootings. The massacre in Parkland, Fla., one of the most lethal in American history, unnerved school administrators across…
As our community continues to recover from the Pulse nightclub massacre and the nation reels from yet another fatal school shooting, the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence is rolling out a series of gun safety public service announcements. The Coalition will begin sharing more than a dozen short videos today featuring heartfelt testimonials that…
On Dec. 14, 2012, 20 children and six educators were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct., in one of the most horrific massacres in our history. On Thursday, five years later, several state and local gun safety advocacy groups will host a Vigil to End Gun Violence at 6:30 p.m. at Broadway United…
Important New Gun Data A Florida Atlantic University survey shows Florida Voters are divided on the gun issue. 34% believe people should not be allowed to carry hand guns in public places. 43% say people should be able to carry concealed hand guns in public places as long as they are permit holders. 15% say…
To View the Facebook Live Video of the event, click here! “What does this bill do? It requires all firearm sales be conducted by a licensed firearms dealer,” Farmer said. “If you are a domestic violence offender, if you are someone with a checkered criminal past, if you are someone who is mentally unstable, what…
The Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence strongly opposes newly filed proposals that would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry handguns into bars, police stations, jails, courthouses, polling places, colleges, and professional sporting events. The bills, filed by Sen. Dennis Baxley R- Lady Lake and Rep. Don Hahnfeldt, R-The Villages, would also allow the…
The Coalition strongly opposes a flurry of proposed gun legislation filed by state Senator Greg Steube, R-Sarasota. The sheer breadth of his call to allow citizens to arm themselves in public, including at schools and airports, would extend legal gun carry opportunities to unprecedented levels in the state of Florida. “Sen. Steube’s proposals are outrageous…
Following last year’s mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub and this year’s at the Fort Lauderdale airport, some Republican lawmakers are showing even more support for open carry-related bills. But, the Coalition as well as some Democratic lawmakers are countering those pro-gun bills with measures of their own. For the full story: WFSU report To…
Several Pulse survivors joined Orlando lawmakers and gun reform advocates on January 5th to make the case for a bill that would ban the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in Florida. State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Sen. Linda Stewart, both Orlando Democrats, filed bills that make it a third-degree felony to sell…
Former State Representative and Palm Beach County Commissioner David Kerner and his heartfelt commentary on pending gun legislation in Florida in the Orlando Sentinel: I remember well my first solo shift as a police officer. I was sitting in my patrol vehicle, enveloped in excitement and equipment. Sig Sauer P220 sidearm, Remington 870 shotgun, Taser,…
