Looser gun laws, including open carry, in Florida's legislative hopper

[Hazcat]

By Marc Caputo, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
In Print: Sunday, January 16, 2011

TALLAHASSEE — In the aftermath of Tucson's shooting rampage, lawmakers in Florida are ready to make their stand on guns clearer: They want more people to have the right to carry them in the open and fewer government restrictions.

Legislators have filed three separate bills, one that would restrict local governments from regulating firearms, another to stop doctors from even asking patients about them and a third to grant licensed gun owners the right to wear firearms outside their clothing — including on college campuses.

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"The gun lobby has a stranglehold on Tallahassee," said Rep. Ari Porth, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat and career prosecutor. "I ran for office to keep the public safe, and what we do in the Florida Legislature with guns isn't good for public safety."

But a majority of the Legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, doesn't see it that way. Many adhere to the maxim that if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

"I don't think that there's any amount of gun control that would have stopped some of the tragic events that we've seen," said Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Fort Walton Beach Republican who's sponsoring legislation to clarify an old state law that bars local governments from regulating guns.

"Any time there's a tragedy, people come out of the woodwork with their agendas," he said.

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[PegLeg45]

Good luck on another giant step towards continuing to restore your fundamental rights down there.


*Also as a side note to another current thread on here:
I agree 100% with what several have posted in other threads on this subject. This really should not be an issue at all. The RKBA is a guaranteed, God-given right that should not be infringed upon. However, this country's political system has spent decades tying the hands of legal gun owners and law-abiding citizens (and in essence, they have been allowed to do this). Right now, the best we can do is continue to push legislation like this to get back to where we should be.

It should never, ever have gotten this far........but since it has, we'll just have to continue to cut ourselves out of the sack...one stitch at a time.


Write your elected officials.

[tombogan03884]

The way it got this far was because of Fudd's and other fools trying to be "reasonable". Reasoning with tyranny is a waste of time. Compromising on stupidity just lowers you to the foes level.
Shall not be infringed means exactly that !

[PegLeg45]

The way it got this far was because of Fudd's and other fools trying to be "reasonable". Reasoning with tyranny is a waste of time. Compromising on stupidity just lowers you to the foes level.
Shall not be infringed means exactly that !

And then they beat you with experience.