Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier just did something refreshing: he declared the state's three-day waiting period on gun purchases unconstitutional and is settling a lawsuit to get rid of it.
Good. If your life is in danger, three days might as well be forever.
So how did the media react to this win for gun rights? They ran to Reddit to find angry comments from people who probably couldn't tell you what the Second Amendment says. One self-described "woman" on Reddit whined that waiting periods keep her safe from her "psychopathic BF." Here's the thing — if he's psychopathic and determined, he's getting a gun whether there's a waiting period or not. A three-day delay won't save her. A firearm in her hands just might.
The pearl-clutching over Uthmeier mentioning "God-given rights" is equally ridiculous. Whether you call them natural rights or divine rights, these are the rights we're born with as free people. The Founders understood this. The media clearly doesn't.
And here's the kicker — you don't even have to be a Floridian to comment on Florida's subreddit. No verification, no residency check. Those "outraged Floridians" could be posting from a basement in California for all anyone knows.
Meanwhile, actual Floridians have made their feelings clear at the ballot box. They booted lawmakers who voted for the post-Parkland restrictions and keep pushing to restore their gun rights. That's democracy. Reddit threads? That's just noise.
Florida is moving in the right direction on this one.