Sen. Dennis Baxley (R) filed Senate Bill 1236, that would allow concealed weapon or firearms licensees designated by school principals or district school superintendents to carry on school property or other specified areas. Designees would be required to undergo a level 2 background screening, complete a minimum of 40 hours of a school safety program…
Florida Senator Greg Steube (R) recently filed SB 1242, which is identical to Rep. Jay Fant’s (R) HB 739, which would expand the scenarios where “open carry” is legal in the state of Florida. Open carry of firearms is currently legal in 45 states (Texas recently legalized licensed open carry). It was legal in Florida before…
A proposed bill, SB 148, reduces the penalties for people who have concealed-weapons licenses and openly carry, at least for the first two occurences. Under current Florida law (790.053), it is a second-degree misdemeanor to open carry a firearm other than the exceptions listed in F.S. 790.25 (e.g. during target practice under safe conditions and…
UPDATE: July 10, 2017: Florida Carry announced it filed an appeal to U.S. Supreme Court in the matter of Norman v. State of Florida: Florida Carry filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court in the matter of Norman v. Florida. The case was heard by the Florida Supreme…
The Florida Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, specifically guarantees the right to keep and bear arms in self-defense: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and of the lawful authority of the state shall not be infringed, except that the manner of bearing arms may be regulated by…
