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A prominent Republican donor bankrolled the newest political action committee dedicated to gun control on Capitol Hill.

Al Hoffman, an 83 year old retired real estate developer from southern Florida, raised more than $600 million during former President George W. Bush's campaigns in 2000 and 2004. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal from 2005 until 2007 and as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Hoffman later pledged $1 million to Jeb Bush's presidential bid in 2016 and ranked among the year's most generous campaign donors overall.

But just days after the Valentine's Day shooting in Parkland, Florida killed 17 and wounded 15 others, Hoffman warned the money would dry up for Republican candidates uninterested in banning "military style weapons" for civilian use.

"For how many years have we been doing this; having these experiences of terrorism, mass killings; and how many years is it that nothing has been done?" he said during an interview with the New York Times in February. "It’s the end of the road for me."

Hoffman announced the launch of Americans for Gun Safety at the national March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. last month. The group wants Congress to ban bump stocks and high capacity magazines, implement age restrictions for all gun sales, expand background checks and support mental health services; without infringing on the Second Amendment.

http://www.guns.com/2018/04/02/prominent-gop-donor-forms-gun-control-pac/