Jeb Bush struts before NRA today, boasting of his "contributions"

Alex Leary at the Tampa Bay Times reports that today, Jeb Bush struts before the NRA, boasting of his prowess in strengthening the gun culture.

What else would a founder of the PNAC tout, but his NRA creds?

Jeb Bush will play up his A+ rating as governor from the NRA during a speech today before the group in Nashville, including his signing into law the now controversial "stand your ground" legislation that was a central focus of the Trayvon Martin killing.

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"He’ll address the current challenge our country faces under the Obama Administration, where the government is getting too big and too intrusive. Governor Bush will highlight many of the laws he passed as governor that served as a model for many other states’ gun laws."

But stand your ground has gained widespread attention since George Zimmerman shot to death Martin in 2012, provoking debate about gun laws and race. Bush signed the legislation into law in April 2005 and it had wide bipartisan support.

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Bush's team circulated a light of highlights of his tenure as governor:

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- As governor, in one year Bush signed six pro-gun and hunting bills. That was a record for Florida. The NRA called these bills the “Six Pack of Freedom.”

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Today, there are well over one million valid concealed weapons licenses in Florida.

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Here is Jeb, with his NRA buddies, as Marion Hammer gives her approval to the Stand Your Ground Law, happily signed by the micromanger.


Rep. Dennis Baxley, from left, Marion Hammer, Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Durell Peaden, pose for a photo at the signing of the Stand Your Ground bill into law in Tallahassee, Florida, on April 26, 2005. (Office of the Governor via Bloomberg)


Rest in peace, Trayvon Martin and Martin Lee Anderson. Jeb Bush is accountable.





Two months after Jeb Bush signed 'Stand Your Ground' into law. Happy-looking, aren't they?




Citizen pushback is an ornery thing for zealots, after they have spent decades tearing this country down.