So, a bill that would close Florida’s “gun show loophole” will likely not get passed this year. No surprise, but no less a disgrace. The usual blame has been assigned: election-year politics in a GOP-controlled legislature. Alas, there’s nothing about gun legislation that would fire up a GOPster base or please the NRA. So much for an assault weapons ban.
The Gunshine State reality is that the farther removed we are from Parkland, the less priority given to serious gun legislation. We either convert red to blue or we wait for obligatory legislation after the next mass shooting.