The great Floridian powder keg: permitless concealed carry passed in Florida
Florida is no stranger to lax legislation on the purchase and possession of firearms, and starting July 1, legal gun owners will no longer require a permit to be able to carry concealed weapons by way of the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration’s passing of House Bill (HB) 543 on Apr. 3. This bill has made Florida the 26th state to no longer require a safety or background check for concealed carry.…
Permitless carry does away with licenses, background checks and training to carry guns into most public places. It's the law in 25 other states.
The GOP-controlled Florida legislature is considering a law to make it easier for psychos to run around the state with guns.
Gun rights advocates passed a major milestone Friday in their drive to get a permitless carry bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signature.
The Florida House approved HB 543 on a mostly party line 76–32 vote, with one Republican, Rep. Vicki Lopez of Miami voting with 31 Democrats in opposition.
The measure, and its Senate companion, SB 150, does away with background checks, training, and fees for a concealed-carry weapons license. The Department of Agriculture has issued more than 2.66 million CWLs.
“This bill simply allows Floridians to conceal carry without red tape and expense. Florida will not come between you and your freedom to protect yourself anymore,” said Rep. Chuck Brannon, R-Macclenny, who has sponsored the measure the past two sessions.
So the same week as the tragedy in Nashville, Ron DeSantis’s rubber stamp legislature wants to make it easier to conceal guns than to conceal books about real US history.
March for Our Lives, a gun regulations group formed after the Parkland shooting, demonstrated against both bills Thursday in Tallahassee.
David Hogg, a Parkland survivor who emerged as a student spokesman after a gunman turned the school's hallways and classrooms into a killing field, blamed DeSantis' political ambitions for this year’s effort to loosen gun regulations.
“DeSantis and his billionaire backers are willing to hand over our lives for whoever will fund his campaign, even if the cost is Floridian blood,” he said.
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