STATE LOOKING AT GUN LAWS

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they are looking at ways that would have prevented a Saudi national from obtaining a Florida hunting license and legally buying the handgun he used to kill three people last week at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Mohammed Alshamrani, who was killed by an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy, was able to get a state hunting license in July that he used to legally purchase a 9 mm Glock 45 pistol from a local gun dealer. Federal law generally prevents foreign nationals from having guns, but an exception allows them to have guns if they have valid hunting licenses. Florida Senate President Bill Galvano said the Legislature might not be able to do much because it is a federal law.