By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Ashbel C. “Ash” Williams Jr., has the financial wellbeing of Florida’s public employees in his hands. Williams serves as executive director and chief investment officer of the Florida State Board of Administration in Tallahassee, which oversees more than $250 billion in assets, including the nearly $2 billion Florida […]
Florida Supremes to Consider Case Challenging State Preemption
Politico is reporting that the Florida Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the state preemption statute, adopted in 1987 and strengthened by amendment in 2011, saying the case could result in a ruling “on the politically contentious issue of Second Amendment rights in the middle of the 2022 midterms.” Gun rights are invariably a […]
Increase in Home Defense Shootings Affirms Self-Defense Right
Recent days have seen an uptick in self-defense shootings involving burglaries or home invasions, leading to the inescapable conclusion that gun-buying over the past 15 months is not working out so well for people who break into other peoples’ homes. Down in Orlando, Fla., the police were called to a home in the Lake […]
Uproar Over Arrest of Released FL Inmate for Murder
The arrest of a Florida inmate who was released last month in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus behind bars is racing across social media as authorities in other states prepare to release prisoners due to the pandemic. Fox News is reporting the arrest of Joseph Edward Williams, who was released […]
Confirmed: NICS Checks, Gun Sales Soared in March
No matter how one looks at the National Instant Check System (NICS) data for March, last month saw a stunning rush on gun stores with what appears to have been a lot of first-time gun buyers in the mix, and now the question will be whether the trend continues for April. According to data from […]
Carlson at Crosscut: Why Arming Teachers Might Be Good Idea
Veteran conservative Seattle radio personality John Carlson could just as easily have kicked a hornet’s nest when he wrote in his column at the left-leaning “Crosscut” online news magazine that arming school officials “might not be a bad idea.” According to several reader responses, it’s not a good idea, either. But those are reactions from […]