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Offline the_skunk

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Re: Open Carry in Florida?
« Reply #45 on: April 24, 2011, 07:34:59 PM »
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I toally agree with the Chief, the law is good for basically one thing, accidental flash of a weapon.


That where 99% will use open carry. I don't picture many going around an upscale mall with a 1911 shoulder holster

Offline FloridaCCW

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Re: Open Carry in Florida?
« Reply #46 on: April 30, 2011, 11:21:15 AM »
Open carry gun bill
amended in Florida
Senate

 5:23 PM, Apr 27, 2011  |   comments

  Tallahassee, Florida - Florida senators
have amended a bill that aimed to allow
people to carry guns openly in Florida.

Under the amendment, open carry will still
be banned in the state.  But legal gun
owners who accidentally expose their
concealed weapons will not face arrest
under the new version of the bill.

That was one of the NRA's main arguments
for an open-carry gun law.  The group was
concerned that gun owners with concealed
weapons permits faced prosecution for
accidentally displaying their guns.

Police have adamantly opposed the open-
carry gun bill from the start, arguing it
would make Florida more dangerous.  

But officers support the amended bill.

"It will allow people to carry firearms, for
instance, underneath a jacket and if they
inadvertently expose it, it will not subject
them to arrest," said Maj. Clyde Eisenberg
 of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

The House version of the bill does not
include the new amendment at this time
and it would allow people with concealed
weapons permits to carry firearms openly.

Dave Heller

« Last Edit: April 30, 2011, 11:22:10 AM by FloridaCCW »

Offline FloridaCCW

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Re: Open Carry in Florida?
« Reply #47 on: April 30, 2011, 11:23:22 AM »
Senate loosens gun laws – muzzles docs, okays ‘open carry’ lite

by Dara Kam | April 28th, 2011
With NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer sitting in the front row of the public gallery, the Florida Senate easily approved three bills loosening gun laws, including a measure banning doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership.

Two other measures are now headed to Gov. Rick Scott, an NRA member and gun owner who has said he would sign them into law.

The “open carry” bill (HB 45), watered down yesterday, would protect concealed weapons permit owners from being prosecuted if their guns are accidentally exposed. Proponents of the measure say that current law could subject the inadvertent display of weapons to being charged with a felony.

The third (HB 155) would punish local officials with a fine for passing gun laws stricter than the state’s, already prohibited under state law.

Law enforcement officials opposed the open carry bill, saying it would make their jobs more dangerous.

And barring health care providers from asking safety questions about the presence of weapons in the household could endanger the lives of children and have a chilling effect on the doctor-patient relationship, pediatricians have argued.

Firearm injury is the leading cause of death for children and teens, said Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Weston.

“Adolescents know about firearms. Children know about firearms and they know where they are. This Republican Party is a party of less government and this is the party that brings us more government intrusion that encroaches into the privacy of a doctor’s office and the doctor-patient relationship,” she said.

But Sen. Alan Hays, a retired dentist, said “it’s none of my business what kind of weapons if any” patients have in their homes.

“If it’s medically necessary you may inquire but otherwise stay out of the private business of your patient,” said Hays, R-Umatilla. The bill passed by a 27-10 vote.

Offline T-Wayne

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Re: Open Carry in Florida?
« Reply #48 on: April 30, 2011, 12:57:34 PM »
"Firearm injury is the leading cause of death for children and teens, said Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Weston."

Yeah, and Santa Clause feeds his reindeer pickled chicken feet on Christmas morning.  How in the world do these Democrats get away with inventing their own statistics?

In the USA, unintentional Injury is the leading cause of death of children; and at the top of the list of unintentional injuries is Motor Vehicle Accidents!  Firearm accents are very near the bottom of the list.  In age groups 5-9, for every one child killed in a firearm accident, 44 die in vehicular accidents. 11 die in drowning accidents, and 10 die in fires.  -  Here is my reference source: www.statisticstop10.com/Causes_of_Death_Kids.html

Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the U.S. - NOT firearms.

Maybe that Democrat state senator should push for a law that would mandate docs to inquire about how many times a licensed driver in a household drove after having a few alcoholic beverages, went through a red light, did not come to a complete stop at a full-stop sign, habitually exceeds the speed limit by more than 5 MPH, and rode on tires that were badly worn.  

Lying politicians serve no one well except for themselves and their own self-interests!