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New laws in 2016 show states are diverging on guns, voting

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 Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues. Restrictions on carrying guns eased in Texas, for example, but got tighter in California. It is easier to register to vote in Oregon, but there is another step to take at the polls in North Carolina. The opposing directions in the states reflect a nation with increasingly polarized politics. In the debate over gun control, both sides say their arguments are strengthened by…

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South Florida Sheriff evokes “good guy with a gun” to counter shooter threats

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Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey is taking a hard stance on the risk of terrorist attacks. In a nearly 7-minute video posted to the official Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Ivey calls on all residents, law enforcement, military or otherwise, to be “mentally and physically ready to respond to an attack.” “Let there be no mistake in what I’m about to say, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” Ivey…

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Today on Context Florida: Another day in America, “God isn’t fixing this” and Trump enablers

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Today on Context Florida: Just another day in the United States of America: “Another day of gunfire, panic and fear. This time in the city of San Bernardino in California, where a civic building was apparently under attack.” That, says Martin Dyckman, was the voice, tinged with sorrow and shock, of a BBC reporter describing yet another day in America. Just another year in America, whose homicide rate of 5 per 100,000 is the third highest among the 36 member nations…

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GOP Senate candidates from Florida, please say something (anything) on gun violence

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After two assailants opened fire Wednesday on a holiday party in San Bernardino, leaving 14 people dead and 21 wounded, public outrage over gun violence is reaching a fevered pitch across the country. For many, silence is no longer an unacceptable option – irrespective of political party affiliation. Americans are starting to demand accountability, not only for the shootings in Colorado Springs and the latest one in California, but also for a seemingly intractable nationwide problem of gun violence. In…

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Today on Context Florida: Guns on campus, an eternal optimist and technology & the disabled

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Today on Context Florida: Tom O’Hara says backers and opponents of letting people bring guns onto Florida’s college campuses can’t logically support their arguments until there’s more slaughter to analyze. It appears that a bill that would allow students with a concealed-carry permit to bring their guns onto the state’s public college campuses will become law next year. Sally Swartz calls Hobe Sound resident Jeff Wittman an “eternal optimist.” Wittman has never stopped believing that a 46-acre chunk of Florida scrub…

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1st DCA upholds UF policy against guns in student housing

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Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the 1st District Court of Appeal dealt a blow to advocates of so-called “campus carry” Friday when he affirmed a lower court’s decision in favor of the University of Florida against the gun rights group Florida Carry. It took UF to court over the school’s policy prohibiting guns in campus-owned housing and property. Florida Carry had argued that UF President Bernie Machen‘s decision to keep guns out of campus housing was “expressly and impliedly preempted” by…

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Bill Day’s latest: Florida battles (again) over guns on campus

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Bill Day’s latest takes aim at Florida lawmakers, who once again are pushing ahead with a bill that seeks to allow people to carry guns on college campuses. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the campus concealed carry bill – as well as another proposal – became the first measures passed by legislative committees in preparation for the 2016 Legislative Session beginning January. Sponsored in the House by state Rep. Greg Steube of Sarasota, and state Sen. Greg Evers of Baker…

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