Many governors in the U.S. are a disappointment, at least from a gun rights perspective. Democrat governors are, frankly, a lost cause when it comes to your rights. And most Republican governors seem to be giving lip service to 2A rights while not actually doing very much (much like most Republicans in Congress over the last several decades).
There are a few, though, that go out of their way to do the right thing, to make sure that the governor doesn’t try to suppress your rights, especially your gun rights.
One of those stellar governors has, overall, been Florida’s Ron DeSantis, and he’s working to claw back gun control that has been in place in his state (hat tip to here for the lead). Darwin Nercesian writes,
The 2018 Parkland, Florida, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School led to an avalanche of tragedy, including seventeen fatalities, the knee-jerk signing of Senate Bill 7026 by then-Governor Rick Scott, and David Hogg. Unfortunately, we can’t bring back the lives of those we lost that day, and it seems David Hogg will be dining out on their loss for the rest of his life, but we can restore some sense to the arbitrary and reactive nature of the anti-Second Amendment measures imposed upon Floridians since that day. And that’s exactly what Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is setting his sights on next.
Nercesian continues:
Governor DeSantis recognized that Florida law fell behind that of other conservative states when it came to defending the Second Amendment, singling out red-flag laws and the minimum age issue. He now intends to repeal some of the provisions found in the bill that he feels unnecessarily infringe on the Constitutional rights of his constituents, according to his State of the State speech, which took place on Tuesday, March 4.
Now, all gun control infringes on the Second Amendment, but I’ll give credit where credit is due and say that it’s definitely a step in the right direction to get rid of red flag laws and to reduce the minimum age to purchase a firearm to the same age as nearly every other adult activity (including joining the military where they would learn to… yes… shoot guns).
So, good for Governor DeSantis for moving Florida in the direction that it should go. And if people in other, more restrictive, states have any sense, they’ll vote politicians into office in their states that will do the same thing.