Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Florida GOP Keeps Attacking Home Rule

After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in South Florida, the mayors of twenty Florida cities filed a legal challenge to a state firearm law. The controversial law allows the state to impose a $5,000 fine on any local official that dares to pass local 
gun regulations.
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The firearm law is an example of a growing problem for local governments the Republican led Legislature keeps attacking “home rule,” the right of municipalities to pass laws that suit individual communities. here

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