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12. Florida, the Gunshine State, is obviously friendly to politicians who ...
Wed May 16, 2018, 01:01 PM
May 2018

support RKBA. In some of the more liberal areas of the state such as Broward County gun control advocates are more popular.

Over one million Florida residents have Concealed Weapons Permits. Hunting is also quite popular in the state. A good number of feral hog hunters own and use AR-15 rifles. I live in Florida and when I lived in the Tampa Bay Area before I retired only a couple of my coworkers didn’t own at least one firearm. I worked in a technical field so most of the people I worked with had a college degree or training from a vocation/technical school. Now I live in a more rural area and almost all the people I know are gun owners.

It’s hard to say how much impact Hogg and other high school will have on future elections in Florida. It may well prove to be an uphill battle.

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