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A couple of other legislative proposals would tax firearms sales and direct the proceeds to fund either mental health or school safety programs — an almost laughable concept in Florida. Guns and taxes in the same paragraph? Never.

Olorunnipa counted two dozen gun proposals languishing in the legislature. And two dozen nevers. Rhymes with Evers.

Meanwhile, in Washington, the NRA has similarly beaten back proposals to ban assault weapons and limit magazine capacity. The organization also opposes a federal background check, claiming such a thing would lead to a secret national registry and confiscation.

National polls indicate 88 percent of the American public supports background checks. But the NRA trumps the national will. Despite the brutal carnage of school children in Newtown. Or the (according to the Huffington Post) 2,243