Florida Alert! Assault Weapon Ban Group Switches to Political Campaign Advocacy
| DATE: | July 16, 2020 |
| TO: | USF & NRA Members and Friends |
| FROM: | Marion P. Hammer |
| | USF Executive Director |
| | NRA Past President |
In a clear hostile attack on Florida legislators, Assault Weapons Ban NOW Group leader, Gail Schwartz called legislators "cowardly politicians."
When Legislators disagree with her and refuse to ban guns, she calls them cowards. The following is the exact quote in the Miami Herald:
"If we can replace some of the cowardly politicians that refuse to make safety a priority by ridding our communities of these killing machines, and shine a light on some of the brave House and Senate candidates by helping to support their campaigns…then we've achieved our goal," Schwartz said.
Their so-called "Assault Weapons" Ban initiative (that would have actually banned all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns) was thrown off the election ballot by the Florida Supreme Court, so now they resort to naming calling when people don't agree with their political agenda.
By Erin Doherty
Miami Herald
July 15, 2020 | 6:06 pm
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article244245462.html
A Florida gun control group chaired by the aunt of a Parkland school shooting victim announced Wednesday that it will become a political advocacy organization to support state legislative candidates who sponsor assault weapon bans legislation.
Before Wednesday's announcement, the bipartisan group Ban Assault Weapons NOW relied on citizen petition initiatives to put pressure on political leaders to ban assault weapons in the state. Now the group will fund campaign contributions and support targeted communication for candidates who pledge to push legislation that bans assault weapons, according to the announcement.
By working directly with candidates running competitive campaigns in Florida's Legislature, the group believes it will have the biggest impact in advancing its proposed legislation, according to chairwoman Gail Schwartz...
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