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Florida since 1987 has barred cities and counties from passing regulations that are stricter than state firearms laws, and the penalties in the 2011 law were designed to strengthen that “preemption.”

Attendees at the gun violence awareness event in Tampa's Curtis Hixon Park say they want to see a ban on assault weapons, among other reforms. The recent shooting at a Texas elementary school heightened anxiety for families and educators.

It allows authorities to take guns from people found to pose a “significant danger” to themselves or others. Critics say it gives the government too much power and doesn’t do enough to safeguard due-process rights.

The group, which included students who survived the Stoneman Douglas shooting, asked for "common-sense" gun laws.

Cities and counties challenged the 2011 law after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that killed 17 people.

He says it's to help protect the state's Second Amendment rights while criticizing Nikki Fried, whose department issues concealed weapons permits.

One lawmaker says he’d like to work with others on legislation that would give officers more leeway to intervene in youth cases based on information posted online before a shooting takes place.

Local and state officials met Friday to discuss gun violence in Hillsborough County, as well as possible solutions.

The NRA, which opposed the 2018 law banning gun sales to anyone un Florida under 21, is now taking the case to a federal appeals court after a district court judge upheld the law.

The bills would set new rules on gun laws, emergency orders and clean energy.

Parkland father Fred Guttenberg was removed from President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday after the president proclaimed that he would...

The legal battle over a 2011 Florida gun law continues to ratchet up.State and national groups -- including two prominent gun-control organizations --…