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By Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel
03-30-23
TALLAHASSEE — The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill Thursday allowing Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training, disappointing gun-control activists while falling short of what some Second Amendment advocates wanted.
The measure now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has said he would sign it.
The 27-13 vote, which fell mostly along party lines, came days after a mass school shooting in Nashville sent a painful reminder about the children killed by gun violence in Florida, including the Parkland attack that took the lives of 17 students and school employees.
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