Tag Archive | "National Rifle Association"
Published on February 22, 2013. Tags: Daniel Webster, Grant Smith, Gun Control, MapLight, National Rifle Association
Grant Smith: Florida’s congressional delegation has received $71,538 in NRA money.
Published in Government, Health, Justice
Published on May 27, 2012. Tags: ACLU, Alston & Bird, American Civil Liberties Union, Bruce Manheim, Drug Tests, Florida Legal Services, GrayRobinson P.A., Marion Hammer, National Rifle Association, Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, Tristram Korten, Wiley Rein
Tristram Korten: Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s Republican-led legislature have become the national vanguard for testing the boundaries of accepted constitutional protections.
Published in Government, Justice, Politics
Published on May 27, 2012. Tags: ACLU, Alston & Bird, American Civil Liberties Union, Bruce Manheim, Drug Tests, Florida Legal Services, GrayRobinson P.A., Marion Hammer, National Rifle Association, Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, Tristram Korten, Wiley Rein
Tristram Korten: El gobernador Rick Scott y la Legislatura de la Florida, controlada por los republicanos, se han convertido en la vanguardia nacional para poner a prueba los límites de las protecciones constitucionales aceptadas.
Published in Español, Government, Justice
Published on April 24, 2012. Tags: "Stand Your Ground", Chan Lowe, Chris Smith, David L. Perry, David Simmons, Dean Cannon, Dennis Baxley, Docs and Glocks, Florida Gun Laws, George Zimmerman, Gun Laws, Guns, Howard Goodman, Jason Brodeur, Jennifer Carroll, Jerry Demings, Mike Haridopolos, National Rifle Association, NRA, Rick Scott, Sanford, Self-Defense, Task Force, Trayvon Martin
Howard Goodman: Gov. Rick Scott’s task force, convening to review Florida’s expansive self-defense law, looks all set to fire blanks.
Published in Blog, Government, Justice
Published on April 3, 2012. Tags: "Stand Your Ground", Bill Clinton, Brady Campaign, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Congressional Black Caucus, Dan Gross, Florida Laws, Florida Legislature, Frederica Wilson, George Zimmerman, Gun Laws, Gun Lobby, Howard Goodman, Joe Biden, Marion Hammer, Michael Bloomberg, National Rifle Association, NRA, Sanford, Trayvon Martin
Howard Goodman: The Travyon Martin case is bringing unusual attention to Florida’s freewheeling gun culture.
Published in Blog, Justice
Published on March 29, 2012. Tags: "Stand Your Ground", Emmett Till, Florida Law, George Zimmerman, Guns, Howard Goodman, National Rifle Association, NRA, Sanford, Self-Defense, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay Times, Trayvon Martin
Howard Goodman: Stand Your Ground has been invoked following bar fights, gang shootings and road-road incidents.
Published in Blog, Government, Justice
Published on March 23, 2012. Tags: "Stand Your Ground", ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Florida Legislature, George Zimmerman, Howard Goodman, Jeb Bush, John Timoney, Marion Hammer, National Rifle Association, NRA, Sanford, Trayvon Martin, Wayne LaPierre
Howard Goodman: As soon as the bill was signed into law in Florida, the NRA’s executive vice president said the pro-gun organization would use the victory to promote the law everywhere.
Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics
Published on March 20, 2012. Tags: "Stand Your Ground", Chris Smith, Dennis Baxley, Durell Peadon, Emily Bazelon, Florida Laws, Florida Legislature, George Zimmerman, Gun Control, Howard Goodman, Marc Caputo, Mike Clary, National Rifle Association, Oscar Braynon, Perry E. Thurston Jr., Rick Scott, Sanford, Trayvon Martin
Howard Goodman: An explanation oft Florida’s Stand Your Ground law and the political fallout from the Trayvon Martin shooting.
Published in Blog, Justice