Sen.
John Legg, R-Trinity, did something quite rare last week.The 38-year-old Republican actually opposed a bill that had heavy NRA backing. Legg’s nay vote was the only Republican vote against HB 89, the so-called “warning shot” bill, which sailed through both chambers and is currently awaiting the signature of Gov. Rick Scott. Why did Legg vote against a bill that all of the other 97 Republican lawmakers voted for, as did 27 Democrats? “The bill creates more problems than it solves,” Legg said. “When you fire warning shots, bad things happen.” That’s not a lawmaker who is critical of guns talking. The NRA gave him an A+ rating, after all. Legg’s reservations on the bill came from his experience growing up in West Virginia and Florida, where his dad taught him how to shoot. He said the bill violated one of his dad's core principles. “When you shoot a gun, you shoot to hit the target," Legg said. "You don’t shoot to miss.”
