'Everybody's Mayor' Does It Again. This Time to the 2nd Amendment (FL)
Jacksonville Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for $5 Million Thanks to Mayor’s Illegal Gun Registry
Washed up news reader and wokester mayor Deegan has no more respect for the Bill of Rights than she does for Southern Heritage - DD
Former news anchor Donna Deegan sold her 2023 campaign for Jacksonville mayor as a “change for good.” Deegan, a progressive Democrat who pledged “transparency” as a core component of her administration, enacted a local gun registry days after her inauguration—a direct violation of Florida law and one that she has yet to claim accountability for.
Following a narrow victory to the Mayor’s office in May 2023, Deegan’s transition team crafted a policy which required city officials to record a “gun logbook” with the name, age, ID number, and type of weapon carried by gun owners entering city buildings. The policy approved by Deegan’s administration took effect July 24, 2023 – three weeks after Deegan’s inauguration and was enforced until April 2025 when the State Attorney’s office opened an investigation into the policy that blatantly violated Florida’s ‘no registry’ laws.
Deegan emerged into the political arena in 2018 as a surrogate for failed gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, citing his lawsuits with the NRA and gun lobby associations as her “inspiration” for civic engagement. You’ll remember Gillum from the aftermath of his run for governor. Police found the former mayor…