Red state prosecutors revolt against MAGA attorney general's plan to arm felons

In an exceedingly rare split over guns, the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association filed a court brief Friday opposing Attorney General James Uthmeier’s new push to arm non-dangerous felons, the Florida Phoenix has learned.

The organization accused Uthmeier of using strained logic to justify his election-year decision to try to reverse a long-standing state law that denies gun ownership to anyone convicted of a felony.

“Prohibitions on the possession of firearms by convicted felons...