Gun Control

The Leon County Commission met on Tuesday to spell out its main budget asks from state and federal lawmakers, as well as their policy priorities, to lobbyists hired to advocate for them.

The Guns to Gardens campaign seeks voluntary surrender of guns that people no longer want for whatever reason.

Senators voted mostly along party lines to approve the bill prevents credit card companies from using a code that could help track firearm and ammunition sales.

Florida Democrats are gearing up for a fight this session on issues including abortion access, anti-wokeness and gun control.

Florida law prohibits people who aren't allowed to buy a gun from purchasing bullets and shells, but it doesn't require background checks on ammunition sales.

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson says the proposal is intended to prohibit financial institutions from collecting and monitoring information on Floridians’ firearm and ammunition purchases.

Florida Democrats are continuing a push for a special session on gun reform measures. Lawmakers have until 3:00 p.m. Friday to respond to a poll from the Florida Department of State. 60 percent of lawmakers in each chamber would need to support the idea for a special session to move forward.

Florida Democrats want the state’s Republican leaders to do more to address gun violence. The most recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school coupled with a racially-motivated killing at a Buffalo supermarket is reigniting a long-simmering battle over how ad whether to limit gun possession.

A federal judge has upheld a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns. The ruling came more than three years after the Republican-controlled Legislature and then-Gov. Rick Scott rushed to approve the restriction following a massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Pointing to “far-reaching, statewide implications,” local governments want the Florida Supreme Court to rule in a case about a 2011 state law that threatens tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun-related regulations.