The Florida Senate passed the House version of a permitless carry bill this afternoon. Governor Ron DeSantis is sure to sign it into law, making the Sunshine State the 26th to remove the requirement for…
[ED: The permitless carry bill passed the Florida House yesterday. It’s expected to get a vote of the full Senate next week.] Among the amendments rejected by the GOP included one from Orlando Democrat…
By Lee Williams Nearly every anti-gun group in the country has descended on Tallahassee to try to stop Florida from becoming the 26th state to allow residents and visitors to carry concealed firearms without a…
By Lee Williams When Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB 543: Concealed Carry of Weapons and Firearms Without a License into law, few Floridians will even notice. The sun will continue to shine. The citrus won’t…
From the CCRKBA . . . The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today accused anti-gunners in Florida of “once again promoting hysteria” at the announcement of “Constitutional Carry” legislation, which…
By Lee Williams Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Court, along with sponsors from the House and Senate introduced HB 543 Monday morning, a “Constitutional Carry” bill that Renner said gets “rid of the need…
Open carry is publicly wearing a sidearm wherever you want in the state. … And there are some states that have it. I don’t believe open carry is right for Florida. Why? Because those European…
By Lee Williams Late last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a formal proclamation calling the legislature back to Tallahassee for a special session. As of today, constitutional carry is not scheduled to be heard….
For the third year in a row, constitutional carry has died under Florida’s Republican supermajority control of the state’s legislature. Sadly, the state no longer deserves the “Gunshine State” nickname. Rather, the entire state should…
A concealed weapons permit would become optional and the requirement that individuals “promptly” notify police officers that they are carrying a concealed weapon would be eliminated under legislation approved along partisan lines by Ohio’s…