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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIts easier to buy a gun than it is to vote in Florida
Its easier to buy a gun than it is to vote in Florida
This is true in many states.
Ryan Koronowski
Feb 15, 2018, 4:01 pm
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The truth is that in most states, it is easier to purchase a gun than it is to vote.
In 2013, a ThinkProgress analysis found that while in every state you need proof of ID to vote, in 39 states you can buy an assault rifle at gun shows or online without a background check and with no proof of ID. About 40 percent of gun purchases in the United States happen through this gun show loophole. Florida is one of those 39 states.
Nikolas Cruz, aged 19, could not legally buy a drink, but he could legally purchase the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle used in the shooting. Its the same type of gun used in massacres at Sandy Hook, Aurora, San Bernadino, and Las Vegas. Cruz bought this gun legally, according to Peter J. Forcelli, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Miami.
He wasn't old enough to drink, but he was old enough to own a military-caliber weapon.
It was easy for Cruz to buy a gun in Florida because Floridas gun laws make it easy to buy guns.
You dont need a license or registration to own a gun. Assault weapons are unregulated. For rifles and shotguns, you do not need a permit to conceal carry (though handguns do require it). You can buy as many guns at one time as you want. A gun seller in Florida needs no license to sell guns in the state. And according to Florida state law, Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms to minors under 18 years of age [is] prohibited.
Federal law requires licensed gun sellers to complete a background check before selling a gun unlicensed or private sellers are free of this requirement under both federal law and Floridian law.
Voting, however, is only getting harder, and its because Florida has made it harder to register to vote for years. The state even refused to extend the voter registration period while millions were fleeing Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Florida is one of just a few states that permanently bars felons from voting, although this year voters will vote on a constitutional amendment that would change this. For years, Floridians have endured reduced early voting hours, voter purges, and voter registration restrictions. Florida has no online voter registration in place, unlike most other states.
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Its easier to buy a gun than it is to vote in Florida (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2018
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I didn't know this, ??????????? Incredible...Thanks for posting this...k and r..nt
Stuart G
Feb 2018
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Truth be told,that is the rule in a lot of States.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)2. I didn't know this, ??????????? Incredible...Thanks for posting this...k and r..nt
samir.g
(835 posts)3. he did pass a background check
for all the good it did