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Jacob Carpenter

In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo, handguns are displayed in the sales area of Sandy Springs Gun Club and Range, in Sandy Springs, Ga. In Connecticut and Colorado, scenes of the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012, people were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the year than in most other states, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data. The biggest surges in background checks for people who want to carry or buy guns occurred in states in the South and West. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Fla. firearm violence hits record low while concealed gun permits go up

Last updated Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 2:00pm

NAPLES, Fla. — In the so-called Gunshine State, home to the most gun permits in the country, firearm violence has fallen to the lowest point on record.

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Cuban Americans in swing-state Fla. back Romney

Jacob Carpenter Naples Daily News

Last updated Monday, October 22, 2012 - 1:23pm

HIALEAH, Fla. — Si tus elecciones quieres ganar en Casa Marin debes almorzar.

Roughly translated: If you want to win your elections, you should eat lunch at Casa Marin.

Come Nov. 6, Mitt Romney sure hopes that sign is right.

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Puerto Ricans could swing Fla. to the Dems again

Jacob Carpenter Naples Daily News

Last updated Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 12:48pm

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — In the shadows of Walt Disney World, just south of Orlando, a midsize town once the domain of cowboy cattle ranchers and citrus growers has reached the national stage of politics.

When President Barack Obama made his first post-convention stop to this all-important swing state, he rallied 3,000 supporters at the Kissimmee Civic Center in northern Osceola County, home to a burgeoning Puerto Rican population that helped propel him to a Florida victory in 2008.

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Romney appealing to more Jewish voters

Jacob Carpenter Naples Daily News

Last updated Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 1:39pm

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The joke goes that several years ago, at the first Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Florida, you could fit everyone there in a phone booth.

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