Today Marks One Year Since Century Tornado
February 15, 2017
Today marks the one anniversary of what has become known simply as the “Century Tornado”.
The tornado first touched down southwest of Lambert Bridge Road southwest of McDavid at 3:32 p.m. on February 15, 2016. The first EF-2 intensity damage was on Holland Road where a workshop was destroyed. As it moved into Century, the tornado reach peak intensity with widespread EF-2 damage with isolated EF-3 level damage that destroyed numerous homes.
The tornado continued to track across the state line into Alabama with EF-2 damage on Old Fannie Road east of Flomaton. The tornado continued toward Pollard, AL, where it weakened and lifted at 3:55 p.m.
The EF-3 tornado was on the ground 16.5 miles with a path up to 300 yards wide.
For a photo gallery from February 15, 2015, click here.
For a photo gallery featuring the Century UMC, click here.
For an additional damage photo gallery, click here.
For a photo gallery from Gov. Rick Scott’s visit to Century, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Back In The 30’s Tonight
February 15, 2017
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Calm wind.
Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. East wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
Washington’s Birthday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73.
Century Canvassing Board To Meet For February Special Election
February 15, 2017
The Century Canvassing Board for the February 28 Special Election will meet at the following times, at the Century Town Hall:
- 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2017 – Canvassing Board Orientation and Logic and Accuracy Testing of Voting Equipment.
- 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 28, 2017 – process vote-by- mail ballots, canvass precinct results, and perform any other duties that may be prescribed by law. The sealed vote-by-mail ballots will be available for public inspection prior to processing.
- 9:00 a.m., Friday, March 3, 2017 – process provisional ballots, certify the election, and conduct the Post Election Audit.
It may become necessary for the Century Canvassing Board to reconvene at times or places other than those pecified above. If so, the location, date and time will be announced at the conclusion of the pertinent meeting, posted online at EscambiaVotes.com and posted on the doors at the Supervisor of Elections Office and Century Town Hall.
All Century Canvassing Board meetings are open to the public.
Scott Tax Cut Plan Draws Doubts
February 15, 2017
Gov. Rick Scott may be “a little ambitious” in seeking $618.4 million in tax cuts, a key lawmaker said Tuesday, while others said the proposed cuts favor corporations over individual Floridians.
House Ways & Means Chairman Jim Boyd, in saying the governor’s recommendation may be “a little ambitious,” acknowledged the proposal might not fit with the state’s current tight budget and that the House is working on its own proposal that likely won’t be as large.
“I don’t have a number in mind,” Boyd, R-Bradenton, said after his committee reviewed Scott’s proposal. “I mean $600 million is pretty strong. I’d love for his number to be correct, because that means we’re in better shape than we think we are in terms of the money that will be available to use.”
Scott’s proposal features a reduction in a tax on commercial leases, an increased corporate-income tax exemption and a number of sales-tax “holidays” for consumers.
Meanwhile, Boyd said the House continues to look at preventing an increase in local property taxes as part of the state’s school-funding formula, a move that could amount to more than $400 million.
“Hopefully we’ve got some other ideas and other ways that we want to put money back in taxpayers’ pockets,” Boyd said. “We certainly have a list of priorities, and it’s just a matter of what we can fund at the end of the day.”
Boyd’s comments add more doubt to the possibility that Scott will get tax cuts in the amount and shape he wants.
Last year, Scott sought more than $1 billion in tax cuts, but legislators facing diminishing revenue projections agreed on a package that totaled $129 million, which included a Scott priority to eliminate a sales tax on manufacturing equipment.
However, lawmakers took credit for much larger “tax relief” by including money used to hold down local property taxes that would otherwise go into the school-funding formula.
Rep. Evan Jenne, D-Dania Beach, said that while Scott’s new tax-cut requests appear “sound and logical and they make sense,” the majority of the savings will end up in corporate hands rather than with “everyday, individual Floridians.”
“I understand that a lot of these are smaller businesses, but nonetheless it’s an overall economic theory, and it’s overt at this point when you look at these numbers,” Jenne said.
The cuts are built into Scott’s proposed $83.5 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The proposal is $1.2 billion more than the current year’s spending plan and seeks to boost education funding, cut spending on hospitals and adjust pay for corrections officers and state law enforcement.
The tax-cut package has eight main components, with each proposed to some degree in past years.
The prime feature is a proposed reduction on a commercial lease tax, from 6 percent to 4.5 percent. That would save $454.4 million on state and local taxes in next fiscal year.
Scott also is taking another crack at lowering corporate income taxes. Current law exempts the first $50,000 of a corporation’s income from the tax. By increasing the exemption to $75,000, as he has sought in past years, the governor’s office estimates that 2,500 businesses would be exempt having to pay the tax and another 11,500 would get a savings.
Scott was able to increase the exemption from $5,000 to $25,000 in 2011 and to $50,000 a year later.
Christian Weiss, a policy coordinator in Scott’s Office of Policy and Budget, said business savings are expected to be used to add jobs and increase capital investments.
“A lot of the businesses that pay the commercial rent taxes are small businesses, they are sole proprietorships, they’re partnerships, and to the extent they don’t have to pay this tax anymore … it’s a significant amount of money that they will no longer have to pay,” Weiss told the committee. “Any cost (savings) to the business goes straight into their income or into their investment possibility.”
For most Floridians, the biggest features of the tax package is a series of sales-tax “holidays.”
A 10-day period for “back-to-school” shopping in August would allow Floridians to avoid paying sales taxes on clothing and footwear priced at $100 or less, on school supplies at $15 or less, and on the first $750 of the prices of personal computers. The holiday is collectively projected to save shoppers $72 million.
A Veterans Day discount period in November would last three days and mix the school holiday discounts with lifting sales taxes on books under $50, recreational equipment up to $100, and televisions and household appliances up to $1,000. The holiday savings is estimated at $18.4 million.
A nine-day holiday period on hurricane supplies is expected to save $6.9 million by exempting such items as self-powered lights, radios, waterproof sheeting, portable generators, shutters, gas tanks, batteries, food storage coolers and reusable ice.
Also, sales taxes would be lifted on certain camping and fishing gear on July 1, the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The one-day holiday would exempt pop-up shelters, sleeping bags, canoes, life vests, bug spray, first-aid kits and flashlights. The savings to Floridians is projected at $500,000.
The governor also wants to revive a tax break on college and university textbooks, projected to save students $48 million, and exempt school book fairs from having to collect sales taxes, a $3 million savings.
The proposal also seeks to lift fees on military veterans getting commercial driver’s licenses or for citizens over 80 surrendering their driver’s licenses or renewing identification cards.
by Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida
No Aggie Fries? Tate Showband Seeks Return Of Stolen Propane Fryer
February 15, 2017
The Tate High School Showband of of the South is still looking for help finding the person(s) that stole their brand new propane fyer.
The fryer was stolen over Thanksgiving break (November 19-27) last fall from the concession stand at Pete Gindl Stadium on the Tate High School campus. The fryer was used to make “Aggie Fries”.
Anyone with information is asked to email ShowBandoftheSouth@gmail.com.
The Showband seeks to get the fryer back — no questions asked.
Boyette 911 Tipster To Receive $16,000 Reward
February 15, 2017
The Georgia caller that reported the whereabouts of killer William “Billy” Boyette and accomplice Mary Rice will now receive a majority of the reward cash that was offered.
The person that spotted their stolen car in the parking lot of a West Point, GA, hotel called 911, which officials first said made them ineligible for over $20,000 in reward cash since they did not call Crime Stoppers.
A portion of the reward is not legally available due to the manner in which the call was received, Crime Stoppers said in a statement Tuesday. But, The Santa Rosa County Crime Stoppers program did not stop there. The program has been actively coordinating and facilitating the large payment of up to $16,000 of the total reward.
“Boyette and Rice remained elusive throughout the fugitive investigation. Their violent and cowardly crimes were abruptly ended because of an alert citizen and the cooperation between all investigative agencies and the success of the Crime Stoppers program,” stated Dominic Guadagnoli, Inspector for the US Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Pensacola.
“The pattern of Boyette and Rice on the run made it clear there were likely to be additional murders. We are very grateful that they were apprehended due to the awareness and dedication of a citizen who spotted them and took immediate action to report it. FDLE was informed on February 10 of a person wishing to claim the reward, and we are confident awarding this individual is the right thing to do. This timely tip saved innocent lives,” said Jack Massey special agent in charge at FDLE’s Pensacola Regional Operations Center. $10,000 of the reward money is being provided by FDLE.
“The Santa Rosa Crime Stopper has been facilitating and coordination the payment of the reward dollars from these organizations. We certainly believe the individual who called 911 saved lives and needs to be rewarded for their efforts,” the group said.
Animal Control Investigator Nowlin Named FACA 2017 Officer Of The Year
February 15, 2017
Sgt. Stephanie Nowlin of Escambia County Animal Control was recently named as the 2017 Animal Control Officer of the Year by the Florida Animal Control Association. She received this award for her outstanding achievements in fighting animal cruelty and for modernizing the way that her agency conducts investigations.
Nowlin serves as a field training officer, livestock officer and helps develop policies and protocols for investigating complaints of animal cruelty. Additionally, she is a trainer for the Florida Animal Control Association, helping to certify new officers.
Nowlin often works closely with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Office of the District Attorney and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. She is also the only animal control officer in the history of Escambia County to receive a medal of commendation from the sheriff’s office. The medal was presented to her by Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan on Oct. 6, 2016 for her successful work in investigating some of the largest equine cruelty and dogfighting cases in the county.
Always My Valentine: The Love Story Of Zach And Lauren
February 14, 2017
This is a Valentine’s love story that could have been ripped from script of a Hollywood movie.
Lauren McCall and Zach Barrow were high school sweethearts at Northview High School. She played softball; he played baseball. She was an Auburn girl. He, you guessed it, an Alabama boy. If you can overcome that, they were pretty much that perfect high school couple. They even returned to Northview…Zach as an assistant baseball coach and Lauren as a cheerleading coach.
They planned their perfect lives together, knew what they wanted to be in life and had their plans and goals. It was the perfect relationship.
Then insert life.
Zach was diagnosed with cancer, and Lauren stood by his side. There was a remission, a wedding proposal, wedding plans and another battle with cancer.
Zach passed away February 8, less than a week ago. NorthEscambia.com had planned this special Valentines feature on Zach and Lauren, and with much thought, decided with Lauren to move forward to share her love story. And, at the bottom of the story, you’ll find one last love letter that she penned to Zach for Valentine’s Day.
After Zach’s death, Lauren’s sister-in-law Kirsten McCall summed up Zach and Lauren’s relationship in a post on her Facebook wall:
“Talk about a power couple. These two have faced every obstacle known to man, yet they still always wore a smile on their faces. They adore each other the way you see those absolutely adorable couples in movies adore one another, but their love is so much greater. Because it wasn’t acted out like on the movie screens, it was real. It was admirable. The way Zach looked at Lauren was enough to melt anyone’s heart. And mine was basically a gooey mess on the floor while taking these photos of them. There was no denying their love for each other. God put them together because he knew their story would touch hundreds, thousands of people’s hearts. Like it did mine. And yours. God knew their testimony would make believers out of people. Would turn an unsure heart right into the eyes of our Lord. The struggles this family has faced in the past few years is quite frankly unimaginable…struggles that could have turned their faithful hearts away. But I haven’t met many who have more faith then them, Zach and Lauren, the Barrow family.”
February 13, 2017 — the day before this article, five days after Zach’s death, the day before Valentines and just a month and a half before Zach and Lauren’s planned wedding day. Lauren reflected on why she stood by her high school sweetheart instead of slipping away.
“Zach was God’s will for me. The Lord put a love in my heart for Zach, and I never once felt the urge to leave. Not once even through two cancers and six years together. I was placed here to be a help to him, I truly believe that,” Lauren said.
I love looking at this picture. We had no worries, no plan, just me and you.
“One year ago today, we got told Zach Barrow was cancer free. I couldn’t be more proud to be yours. I love going through this life with you, and serving the God who brought us through tough trials. Thank you for always being my smile.” — October 5, 2015.
On October 17, 2015, Zach popped the question. Without a doubt, Lauren said yes.
“A year ago today, you asked me to be your wife. We promised to love each other through all of the good and especially the bad.. I’m so thankful to be yours and can’t wait to be Mrs. Barrow,” Lauren wrote on October 17, 2016.
“The goal is… to laugh with you forever,” she wrote in October.
In the fall, they were making wedding plans, purchasing land for the future Barrow home and celebrating Zach’s birthday in early December. On the cancer front, the news was good, with Zach’s tumor shrinking.
“You know how people say when certain people come into your life, they are either a lesson or a blessing. I think the best people-are both. Zach has taught me how to love God more than I ever have.. how to love someone unconditionally.. and how to love myself. I don’t deserve a man like him, but God’s grace is more than I can describe, and certainly can’t describe it without crying. And of course, God brings blessings upon blessings to both of us. Even during the hardest days for him, he chooses to make me smile, laugh or just fix my heartache. He is my biggest blessing and lesson. I love you forever and a day after.”
Just a few short days before Christmas, Zach was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery due to a tumor on his spine.
“Friends, I have never wanted anything more in my life than to see my fiancé healthy and cancer free. Please join me in prayer for a complete healing for him. Also, for the people who do not have Christ as their savior… I ask you… please don’t wait until you get a phone call that could change your life. Get it settled now, so that you know if something ever did happen to you… you’d have an eternal home in Heaven,” Lauren wrote.
Christmas…in the hospital.
New Year’s Eve…still in the hospital. Not exactly the thing dreams are made of.
“If I had to sit here and tell people 2016 has been easy, I’d be lying. I thought it was going to be filled with wedding planning, going on random adventures with Zachary because he was healthy, working in a new job, and getting ready to move in with my future husband! Instead God saw fit to change our lives once again. This year has been stressful beyond imagination, but as I sat next to Zachary this morning and we prayed together before his first physical therapy, he thanked the Lord for this trial he set before us. It’s very hard for me to thank the Lord for putting us through this, but I know there a reason behind it. Life hit us with something unexpected this year, but I am so incredibly thankful for a man who leads me closer and closer to Christ and is a fighter through and through! I truly believe God will bless Zachary and me, so until then… we’ll keep pushing and fighting.”
By the middle of January, that nesting syndrome that every bride to be gets had set in. Zach was in the hospital, where romantic dinners consisted of strawberries, Jack cheese cubes from a bag, and crackers. Anything beats hospital food.
“Help please! Zach and I are wanting to build a metal barn/home on our new land. I wanted to see if anyone knew of reputable contractors that may could help us, any ideas?”
A few days later, in a flashback to their carefree days as high school sweethearts, Lauren posted a photo taken on the Northview baseball field:
Lord, take me back to this day…please.
In January, Zach was back in the hospital, his mother Joanna Barrow battling cancer in the room next door. She passed away January 30.
“I sit and look at Zachary and I’m just so overwhelmed with the love God has placed in my heart for this man,” Lauren said at the time “It’s more love than I could have imagined I could feel for another person. Honestly, there is bad in the world-our family seems to be surrounded with it. But today, I don’t want to be angry or bitter. I’m choosing to just love God, Zach and my family just like I’ve been doing. God has so much planned for Zach and I, we’re just patiently waiting to see what that is, and when God shows us… I can only imagine how awesome it’ll be.”
Nine days after his mother Joanna lost her battle to cancer, her middle son, Zach, joined his mother in heaven. He was 23.
February 8th, 10:48 a.m. A day that is one of the worst/greatest days of my life. My best friend, my soul mate, my smile and my superman left this earth to be with our Savior in paradise where he is no longer hurting, sick, sad or longing for anything. My heart hurts, but to have the peace of knowing where the love of my life is makes it easier. “I’ll love you forever and a day after.” He will forever be my forever and always my sunshine on a cloudy day.
Lauren has written an open Valentine’s letter to Zach:
“To my Superman and my Sunshine, This is my thank you to you and a few others. First, I want to thank your mom and dad. Two beautiful people, who you admired so much. Your dad, a man that taught you how to play ball, how to love a woman and how to serve the Lord like a Christian should. Your precious mother, a woman sent straight from God it seemed like. She was a warrior just like you were. She taught you how to fight a good fight and win it. I also want to thank your brothers. These two men fought, argued and played in the yard with you almost every day of your life. Men that have promised to take care of me for the rest of mine now that you’re gone. Men that are now my brothers.
My sweetheart, I want to thank you for just being you. You were the man that me and my parents prayed for every day since I was born. Your walk with the Lord inspired me to be a better person and a better wife for you. Thank you for loving me more than I deserve. A man is supposed to love their wife like Christ loved the church, and sweetheart you did just that. You loved with every ounce in you. I did not deserve you, but God’s grace is more than I can describe. He sent you to me almost six years ago, and put us through a fair share of trials. Cancer. Not once, but twice. The thought of cancer terrifies me and shakes me to my core, but you Zach, you took cancer by the horns and just rolled with it. Even with cancer, you led me just as a Godly man should’ve. Cancer did not beat you my love. Cancer was a huge part of your testimony. I don’t know why the Lord decided to choose you to carry this burden, I don’t want to and will not question God’s choices. You were and are the strongest person I’ve ever known. Zach, you have fought your fight, and you have finished your course. I’m sure when you met the Lord, he met you with a smile and a “Well Done.”
Thank you for letting me be a part of your wonderful life, because you will always be a part of mine. I will carry your testimony however long the Lord allows me to. There are not enough words to describe how much my heart longs to be with the Lord and you where grief and sadness is nonexistent. Until that day, I have a job to do down here, but I will see your beautiful face again.
Thank you for being my sunshine.
Thank you for being my superman.
Thank you for leading me.
Thank you for being Zachary Thomas Barrow.
I love you and will miss you always,
Lauren McCall Barrow”
A benefit “Breakfast for the Barrows”, which was planned prior to Zach’s passing, will be held this Friday evening at the First Baptist Church of Bratt beginning at 6:00. Tickets are available in advance at Byrneville Elementary School or at the door. The meal includes pancakes, sausage and drink.
Showers, Thunderstorms Tonight
February 14, 2017
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Low around 60. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Calm wind.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. East wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Washington’s Birthday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Gun Bills Line Up In Legislature
February 14, 2017
A measure that would reduce the penalty for people who briefly display a firearm in public and make it a non-criminal offense has been filed in the House.
The proposal (HB 779), filed Friday by Rep. Neil Combee, R-Polk City, is identical to a bill (SB 646) filed by Senate Judiciary Chairman Greg Steube, R-Sarasota. Steube recently turned an omnibus 
measure (SB 140) into a series of bills.
Combee said his proposal would apply to people with concealed-weapons licenses. The proposal would change what is currently a second-degree misdemeanor charge — carrying a fine up to $500 and 60 days in jail — into a $25 noncriminal violation that can be paid to a county clerk of the court.
The proposal also would allow members of the state Cabinet — the attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner — to carry concealed weapons when unaccompanied by full-time Florida Department of Law Enforcement security.
As with the majority of other stand-alone gun-related measures by Steube, the proposal has yet to be scheduled to appear before a House or Senate committee.
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, Steube filed nine bills tied to gun ownership rights after telling reporters of his plan to separate the broader bill.
“Just from feeling the tea leaves, it’s probably better to attack it piece by piece,” Steube said at the time.
The Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence has called Steube’s “flurry” of bills “dangerous.”
“The sheer breadth of his call to allow citizens to arm themselves in public, including at schools and airports, would extend legal gun carry opportunities to unprecedented levels in the state of Florida,” the coalition — whose members include the League of Women Voters of Florida, the Florida PTA, Equality Florida and Doctors for America — said in a release.
Florida Carry attorney Eric Friday said Monday that the Second Amendment advocacy group supports Steube’s effort, either as a single bill or as a series of proposals.
“Sen. Steube is fighting to restore the right of people to defend themselves,” Friday said in an email.
Among Steube’s other bills is a proposal (SB 610) that could lead to businesses being held liable if they prevent concealed-carry permit holders from bringing firearms onto their property and the permit holders get injured by other people or animals.
Among the more prominent of Steube’s revised efforts is a bill that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to openly carry handguns (SB 644) and to carry firearms on college and university campuses (SB 622).
Both proposals stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee last year, but the former chairman of the committee, Republican Miguel Diaz de la Portilla of Miami, is no longer in the Legislature.
Other proposals by Steube include a measure (SB 618) that would allow people to carry guns in airport terminals; a measure (SB 620) that would allow people to carry guns at legislative meetings; a measure (SB 626) that would allow people to carry guns at local-government meetings; a measure (SB 640) that would allow people to carry guns at career centers; and a measure that would allow concealed firearms licensees to temporarily surrender firearms at courthouse security.
The airport terminal proposal is identical to a measure (HB 6001) filed in November by Rep. Jake Raburn, R-Lithia.
In December, Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, introduced a House version of the campus-carry measure (HB 6005).
The campus-carry proposal faces opposition by university and college leaders, campus law- enforcement officials and faculty members. The Florida Sheriffs Association has opposed efforts to allow open-carry in Florida.
Separately, Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, on Monday filed his own measure (SB 908) that would allow the 1.7 million concealed weapons permit-holders in Florida to carry at the state’s 15 seaports. The proposal also would delete provisions in state law that bar carrying concealed weapons at police and sheriff’s stations, jails, courthouses, polling places, colleges, professional sporting events and establishments where alcohol is sold for consumption on site. The measure also would delete a provision that prohibits people from carrying firearms in places prohibited by federal law.
Baxley also filed a pair of measures (SB 912 and SJR 910) on Monday that would ask voters in November 2018 or in an earlier special election to amend the state Constitution to exempt law enforcement officers and “qualified” retired officers from having to wait three days to purchase handguns.
by Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida