佛罗里达州州长。罗恩·德桑蒂斯周四，他前往佐治亚州的科布县，参观了一家受欢迎的枪支商店，这是他正在进行的新书宣传活动的一部分总统竞选公告今年夏天。
之前安排的旅行恰好发生在一名枪手之后几天在田纳西州纳什维尔的一所私立学校杀死了六个人佐治亚州民主党人在批评德桑蒂斯时指出，德桑蒂斯在11月轻松赢得连任后，被视为共和党的一颗新星。
这位州长正在继续他的新回忆录之旅，并为全国其他地区推广他所谓的佛罗里达州的“蓝图”，相信它可以成为全国治理和政治的典范。
亚特兰大郊区的枪支商店Adventure Outdoors一直是其他共和党人的竞选站，包括佐治亚州州长布莱恩·坎普(Brian Kemp)和赫歇尔·沃克(Herschel Walker)，他们去年试图将佐治亚州参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克(Raphael Warnock)赶下台，但没有成功。
佐治亚州众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林和其他三名当地议员本周早些时候去户外探险，批评酒精、烟草、火器和爆炸物管理局据报道称例行的随机检查。格林声称这是“不寻常和不必要的”
“我很自豪能够站在这里说，我们支持我们国家的第二修正案权利，”德桑蒂斯周四对聚集在户外探险的人群说。
2023年3月10日，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在爱荷华州达文波特发表演讲。
乔纳森·恩斯特/路透社，文件
德桑蒂斯告诉人群，他计划下周签署一项法案，使其成为法律，该法案是佛罗里达州参议院周四通过的，允许人们在没有许可证的情况下在该州携带枪支。
德桑蒂斯长达一小时的讲话的其余部分与他之前在旅行中发表的言论相似:他谈到了南部边境、治安和犯罪、对未成年人的性别确认护理以及芬太尼的危险。
他还简要谈到了他的政府与迪士尼的持续冲突，迪士尼多年来基本上监管着一个包括奥兰多以外的公司主题公园在内的小自治区域，直到迪士尼批评佛罗里达州一项限制学校性别和性取向教学的法律后，立法者才介入。(迪士尼还拥有ABC新闻。)
德桑蒂斯说:“事实是，迪士尼几十年来一直在佛罗里达州控制着自己的政府，他们基本上得到了他们几十年来想要的一切。他们一直在佛罗里达州运营，直到现在，因为现在镇上有了一个新的警长。”
佐治亚州的民主党人呼吁德桑蒂斯在纳什维尔枪击案发生后在枪支商店举行活动，并表示他应该取消该活动。
民主党州主席、众议员尼克马·威廉姆斯(Nikema Williams)周二在一份声明中说，“在又一场可怕的校园枪击案发生几天后，在一家枪支商店举行竞选活动，无辜的儿童被杀害，这应该是超越了界限，但罗恩·德桑蒂斯似乎并不在乎。”“德桑蒂斯正在向格鲁吉亚人展示他的优先事项，因为他倡导一项极端的MAGA议程，该议程可能使佛罗里达州的犯罪分子更容易携带枪支，并将枪支游说置于我们孩子的生命之前。德桑蒂斯应该立即取消这次活动。”
德桑蒂斯的一名发言人没有回应对其访问的置评请求。
他称纳什维尔枪击事件是“毫无意义的”,并指示佛罗里达州降半旗致哀，以响应乔·拜登总统的命令。
德桑蒂斯在格鲁吉亚的停留增加了这个名单他在战场和早期提名州的表现在他广泛预期的宣布他将在2024年竞选总统之前。
四月，他计划去密歇根、宾夕法尼亚和俄亥俄州。
在佐治亚州之行后，德桑蒂斯最初计划于周一前往田纳西州的富兰克林，在那里他将会见州长比尔·李。然而，据做广告的Eventbrite称，该活动现已延期。
在佛罗里达州，正如德桑蒂斯周四指出的那样，立法者已经采取了新的枪支相关立法:共和党人正在努力制定一项法律，允许人们在没有许可的情况下携带隐藏武器，但学校财产等例外情况除外。
这将使佛罗里达州成为美国第26个拥有许可证携带法的州。
'Beyond the pale': Dems go after DeSantis for visiting gun store after Nashville shooting
Florida Gov.Ron DeSantistraveled to Cobb County, Georgia, on Thursday to visit a popular gun store as part of his ongoing book tour ahead of what is expectedto be a presidential campaign announcementthis summer.
The previously scheduled trip happened to come days after a shooterkilled six people at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, which Georgia Democrats noted in criticizing DeSantis, who is seen as a rising Republican star after easily winning reelection in November.
The governor is continuing a tour pegged to his new memoir and promoting what he calls Florida's "blueprint" for the rest of the country, believing it can serve as a model for governing and politics nationwide.
The gun store in suburban Atlanta, Adventure Outdoors, has been a campaign stop for other Republicans, including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker, who unsuccessfully sought to unseat Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock last year.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and three other local lawmakers went to Adventure Outdoors earlier this week to criticize what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosivesreportedly calleda routine, random inspection. Greene claimed it was "unusual and unnecessary."
"I'm proud to be able to stand here and say we support our Second Amendment rights in this country," DeSantis said Thursday to the crowd gathered at Adventure Outdoors.
DeSantis told the crowd that he plans to sign into law next week a bill that the Florida Senate passed Thursday to allow people to carry a firearm in the state without a permit.
The rest of DeSantis' hour-long remarks were similar to previous remarks he's been making on his tour: He talked about the southern border, policing and crime, gender-affirming care for minors and the dangers of fentanyl.
He also briefly remarked on his administration's ongoing conflict with Disney, which had for years essentially overseen a small, autonomous region encompassing the company's theme parks outside Orlando -- until lawmakers stepped in in the wake of Disney criticizing a Florida law restricting school instruction on gender and sexual orientation. (Disney also owns ABC News.)
"The fact is, Disney had had their own government that they controlled in the state of Florida for decades and they basically got everything they wanted for many decades they've been operating in Florida until now, because now there's a new sheriff in town," DeSantis said.
Democrats in Georgia had called out DeSantis for holding an event at the gun store in the wake of the Nashville shooting and have said he should cancel the event.
"Holding a campaign event at a gun store days after another horrific school shooting where innocent children were murdered should be beyond the pale, but Ron DeSantis seems to not care," Rep. Nikema Williams, the Democrats' state chair, said in a statement on Tuesday. "DeSantis is showing Georgians exactly where his priorities lie as he advocates for an extreme MAGA agenda that could make it easier for criminals to carry guns in Florida and puts the gun lobby ahead of our children's lives. DeSantis should cancel this event immediately."
A spokesperson for DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment on his visit.
He has called the Nashville shooting "senseless" and directed flags flown at half-staff in Florida in light of President Joe Biden's declaration ordering the same.
DeSantis' stop in Georgia adds to the listof his appearances in battleground and early nominating statesahead of his widely expected announcement that he'll run for president in 2024.
In April, he's scheduled to go to Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
After his trip to Georgia, DeSantis was initially set to travel to Franklin, Tennessee, on Monday, where he would meet with Gov. Bill Lee. However, that event has now been postponed, according to Eventbrite, where it was being advertised.
In Florida, as DeSantis noted Thursday, lawmakers have taken up new gun-related legislation: Republicans are working to enact a law allowing people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, with exceptions such as on school property.
It would make Florida the 26th state in the country with a permitless carry law.
