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Florida Alert! Republican Senator Explains His Reason for Killing Progun Bills

Friday, February 19, 2016

DATE:	February 19, 2016
TO:	USF & NRA Members and Friends
FROM:	Marion P. Hammer
	USF Executive Director
	NRA Past President

Many of you have been wondering and asking what Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Miguel Diaz de la Portilla has been doing with the Open Carry and Campus Carry bills. In a news report he openly admitted killing the bills for personal reasons.

In the article,Diaz de la Portilla explains why he killed gun and immigration bills posted by the Tampa Bay Times by Mary Ellen Klas, linked below he admits -- even brags about what he is doing.

Diaz de la Portilla explains why he killed gun and immigration bills

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