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Former Florida House of Representatives Speaker Allan Bense has pledged to match donations to local nonprofit Whole Child Leon.
Bense, a Republican, served in the Florida House 1998-2006. He represented Gulf, Franklin and parts of Bay counties, and rose to Speaker 2004-06.
He is pledging to match contributions to the nonprofit s Friends of Whole Child Leon up to $7,200 through Dec. 31, according to a Friday press release.
Whole Child Leon, established in 2004, is a local nonprofit dedicated to helping nurture young children and foster child growth from mental and physical health to social-emotional well-being.
“The Christmas Season can always be challenging for hard-working families and, especially this year, far too many are struggling in far too many ways,” Bense said in a statement.
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Lawyers for the NRA and the state are squabbling over who should be allowed to offer testimony in a case involving a Florida law that raises the minimum age to buy rifles and other long guns.
A legal battle over a Florida law that raised from 18 to 21 the age to purchase rifles and other long guns has ramped up this month, with attorneys for the National Rifle Association and state officials trying to discredit each others’ expert witnesses.
The age requirement was included in a sweeping law passed in the weeks following the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Fourteen students and three faculty members were killed after Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, opened fire at the school using a semi-automatic rifle.
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