Posted October 17, 2018 3:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is the Democrat candidate for Florida’s next governor against an NRA- and President Trump-endorsed Republican (Photo: Gillum for FL)
National gun control advocates are writing checks to fund a wave of Democratic contenders for public office across the Sunshine State.
Earlier this month, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown group announced they will spend $2 million to back gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, state attorney general candidate Sean Shaw, agricultural commissioner candidate Nikki Fried and others in Florida.
With Republicans long in control in Tallahassee, the state has often been seen as a test bed for pro-gun legislation, pioneering concealed carry laws and Stand Your Ground self-defense statutes. Anti-gun activists feel this could soon change.
“In Florida, this election is about gun safety — not political partisanship,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown, in a statement. “The era of the NRA calling the shots is over.”
Since the 1990s, the GOP has enjoyed control of both the legislature and the governor’s mansion to which they added the office of attorney general and agricultural commissioner in 2002. In seven of the last 10 presidential elections, the state went red.
Gillum, the Democratic front-runner for governor since August, is a progressive that advocates a

Source: Guns.com

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