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Gun Rights Trample All Others
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Published: April 22, 2008
Like a majority of lawmakers, Gov. Charlie Crist places gun rights above all others.
By signing a bill that allows people to keep guns in their cars at work, he ignored the private property rights of business owners, who must pay the price for any gun-related incidents on their land.
The guns-at-work law also allows a secret group of citizens to buy constitutional protection by obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
The National Rifle Association says none of the 480,000 people carrying concealed weapons in Florida pose a danger, suggesting there's never been a gun-related incident among them.
But you'll have to take their word on that because in a previous bow to the NRA, the Florida Legislature made secret the names of people who obtain concealed-weapons permits.
Crist professes to be an advocate of open government, but when the political calculation gets tough, he caves.
The people deserve better.
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