An influential state senator and chairman of Florida’s Republican Party says he is a “solid no” on expanding gun background checks as Donald Trump Jr. and other conservatives heap scorn on the state’s Senate leader for embracing the idea.
State Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, doubts the measure has the votes it needs to pass, despite getting support from Republican Senate President Bill Galvano.
“I am a solid no,” Gruters said. “We’ll see what happens, but in its present form, I would expect it will have a very hard time moving through the process.”
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