Posted on 05/15/2018 8:34:11 AM PDT by rktman
Generally speaking, conservatives learn their lessons from tragedies like the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, while leftists figure out how to exploit them.
For the second time, the Republican mayor of Orange County, Florida, Teresa Jacobs, is sticking her finger in the air to see which way the political winds are blowing on gun issues after the Parkland shooting. Due to term limits, the mayor has turned her attention to running for Orange Countys school board chairwoman. In hopes of winning the seat, the mayor has thrown law-abiding gun owners under the bus to appease Orlandos left-wing anti-gun lobby.
As I mentioned above, this isnt the first time Teresa Jacobs has changed her convictions overnight to appease the left. After the terrorist attack at the Pulse Night Club, the mayor bought into the narrative that Omar Mateen was out to hunt for gays. What did she do to garner favor from Democrats? She went from being pro-traditional marriage to pro-gay marriage in the blink of an eye. To this day, and despite evidence, she and many other local officials refuse to publicly acknowledge the fact that Mateen was an Islamic-influenced terrorist that was looking for victims in a gun-free zone where he could inflict the most casualties. Sadly, 49 Americans were helplessly slaughtered at Pulse after a Google search. We know now, that Mateen originally wanted to shoot up Disney Springs but decided not to after he realized there was too much armed security around to stop him.
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This is NOT a law, it is an emotional EXPRESSION, and may be LEGALLY IGNORED. Florida has a state-level Firearms Law PREEMPTION statute, you see.
That’s the way I remember it. Lived in FL ‘87-2011.
Teresa Jacobs is a career politician that will not go away.
The name of Orange County Commissioner was change a few years ago to Orange County mayor
As an aside, Orlando’s Democrat mayor decided, on his own, to remove a statue of an honorable civil war General when that was all the rage. Thanks Nikki Haley.
I thought the State of Florida recently passed the 3-day waiting period. I could be wrong of course.
If they did the pre-emption long would not come into play. On the other hand if they did what would be the point in Orlando the duplicating that 3-day waiting.?
Who knows what current Florida state law is on this?
Florida Gun Laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Florida
Florida law prohibits localities from regulating firearms, other than with regards to zoning laws (i.e., for restricting where gun sellers may locate their businesses).
Florida law prohibits localities from regulating firearms, other than with regards to zoning laws (i.e., for restricting where gun sellers may locate their businesses).
Probably the last GOP mayor. Puerto Ricans will see to it. That whole area is probably gone.
Florida law already has a 3-day waiting period from purchase to pick up. So it would appear this Orlando ordinance is symbolic bovine excretion.
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