After hours of debate, county showdown on guns ends with new law regulating sales
Buy Photo After a marathon public hearing featuring passionate speakers on both sides of the gun control debate, Leon County commissioners signed off on a new ordinance designed to close the so-called gun show loophole for background checks. The measure requires background checks and a three-day waiting period for private gun sales on publicly accessible property, including gun shows, estate sales and garage sales. Commissioners approved it in a late night 6-1 vote, with Bryan Desloge, the lone Republican on the board, casting the only no vote. More on guns and the county: Commissioner Mary Ann Lindley, who proposed the law two weeks after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said it was meant simply to close a loophole in the law that allows private dealers at gun shows to sell firearms without a background check. County Commissioner Mary Ann Lindley listens during Tuesday’s public […]
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