Florida Concealed Carry Law

On Monday April 3, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 543 into law. This bill, strengthening the second amendment, eliminates the requirement that an individual obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm in Florida.

Beginning July 1, 2023 permitless concealed carry for lawfully owned weapons will become legal.

Following the bill’s passage Florida joins Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming as the 26th state to enact a permitless concealed carry law. With Florida’s new bill a majority of states now have a permitless concealed carry law.

Democrats are acting like this is some sort of rogue law that will allow criminals to conceal carry. Nearly three million Floridians over 21 have active licenses earned by completing a safety training course, and meeting a host of other eligibility requirements.

Those requirements, like not being a felon, still apply.

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Florida Concealed Carry

Newsom Taunts DeSantis: ‘Scared to Death’ of Public Over ‘Extreme’ FL Gun Law

"On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom reminded us all that the lump three feet above his butt is not much more than a hat rack when it comes to using common sense.

Former White House press secretary turned MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki appeared on 'Andrea Mitchell Reports' on Friday and previewed her recent interview with the governor, which aired on her show 'Inside' on Sunday." [realfreedomtalk]

During the clip, Newsom taunted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for his position on the Second Amendment and constitutional carry...says "no background checks."

So the facts of the matter (Newsom always lies) Florida does not require a permit to purchase a firearm nor is there a permit that exempts any person from the background check requirement. Existing state and federal laws, including requirements for background checks for gun purchases, still apply.

There is a waiting period of three days, excluding weekends and state holidays, between purchase and delivery of all firearms. Individual counties and cities have the authority to enact local ordinances extending the waiting period to as much as five days.

The bill, CS/HB 543

Requirements to purchase a firearm

Senate Concealed Carry bill

GOP Senators Introduce BRILLIANT National Concealed Carry Legislation

The introduction of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act by Sens. John Kennedy, Bill Hagerty, and John Cornyn on Wednesday is a major victory for Second Amendment supporters across the nation.

This groundbreaking legislation makes a permit from any one state valid in all other 49 states, helping to uphold the fundamental right of responsible gun owners to bear arms while still allowing each state to regulate its own laws regarding the use of firearms.

By recognizing concealed carry permits like driver’s licenses, this bill will make it possible for firearm owners to travel between states without having to worry about conflicting or confusing laws surrounding their permit rights.

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States coming through with Conceal Carry in spite of Biden

Half Of All United States Will Have Constitutional Carry To Start 2023

It is going to be a huge year for the Second Amendment, folks.

Even as we have President Joe Biden referring to the idea of buying semi-automatic weapons as “sick” and lacking any “social redeeming value” and trying to curb our 2A rights a little bit at a time, more and more individual states are starting to realize that the most immediate answer to a bad guy with a gun is actually a good guy with a gun.

Now, finally, we’re going to see half of the states in the U.S. recognize constitutional carry as law.

No fewer than 25 states will recognize that a responsibly-armed citizen doesn’t need government arbitration to carry a concealed handgun as of Jan. 1, 2023, according to USCCA.

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Blue Lives Matter

A passer-by, who was carrying a concealed weapon and shot a suspect as he continued to attack a Florida deputy, was officially cleared of all the charges by the State Attorney’s Office.

Passerby Ashad Russell, who possessed a concealed carry permit at the time of the November 14 incident, came to the aid of Lee County Deputy Dean Bardes, who was being brutally beaten by armed suspect Edward Strother, 53.

The incident occurred in Florida on November 14, when Deputy Bardes tried to stop Strother for speeding. However, Strother did not stop his car. Russell and Strother both are Black...proving that Blue Lives Matter.



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New York Enacts Ridiculous New Gun Laws In Response To Supreme Court Ruling

New York doesn't give a damn

And Democrats have no respect for the Supreme court

The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that places restrictions on carrying a concealed handgun outside the home -- an opinion marking the widest expansion of gun rights in a decade.

2A Protects ‘Individual’s Right’ to Carry for Self-Defense

*Triggered* Joe Biden, Justice Department Release Statements on Supreme Court Overturning New York’s Century-Old Law on Concealed Weapons

The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down New York’s century-old law on carrying concealed weapons.

Prior to the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling, the state could decide who it wanted to have this right and who it didn’t.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote New York’s law on concealed carry permits “violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms in public.”

Biden said he was very disappointed and New York City Mayor Eric Adams told New Yorkers, “Nothing changes today… It ignores the presence (sp) and it endangers our future.”

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Felons--Don't screw around with a concealed carry holder

Florida police are investigating a shooting outside a Cape Coral business after a law abiding concealed carry permit holder defended himself and another man from an armed felon.

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Teachers to Carry bill goes to final vote

Bill allowing Florida teachers to carry concealed weapons heads to final vote

It passed the Florida Senate twice now and tomorrow is the final vote along with the House's version.

CS/SB 7026: Public Safety GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Rules Public Safety; Citing this act as the “Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act”; authorizing the awarding of grants through the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund for student crime watch programs; establishing the Office of Safe Schools within the Department of Education; prohibiting a person who has been adjudicated mentally defective or been committed to a mental institution from owning or possessing a firearm until certain relief is obtained; prohibiting a person younger than a certain age from purchasing a firearm; prohibiting specified acts relating to the sale and possession of bump-fire stocks; creating the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement, etc

 APPROPRIATION: $400,000,000.00

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/3/2018 Senate - Placed on 3rd reading
The bill

Concealed Weapons License Holder

This will set all the fears to rest of all you liberal weenies.

House passes Conceal Carry bill

The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act passed 231-198, with six Democrats also voting in favor, Fox News reports.

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., the bill's sponsor, said:

“For the millions of law-abiding citizens who lawfully carry concealed to protect themselves, for conservatives who want to strengthen our Second Amendment rights, and for the overwhelming majority of Americans who support concealed carry reciprocity, Christmas came early."

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal on Concealed Weapons carry

The U.S. Supreme Court has once again ruled against the Second Amendment by refusing to loosen restrictions on carrying a gun in public.

SCOTUS rejected an appeal that was made by gun-rights advocates in California that would’ve allowed folks to carry a concealed weapon without needing to show a special reason for doing so.
According to Bloomberg, Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch said the high court should have heard the case.

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Florida Concealed Weapons Holders database hacked

By: Associated Press
May 23, 2017

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Officials say hackers may have obtained the names of more than 16,000 people who have Florida concealed weapon permits

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Monday they had discovered a data breach of the online payment system that processes payments for applications and permits.
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam has ordered a review of the department's cybersecurity measures. State law enforcement is investigating the breach, which authorities suspect originated from overseas.

The agency stated that no financial information was obtained.

The department also warned that the breach may have revealed the social security numbers of 469 customers. The agency plans on offering free credit protection for one year to these individuals.

The Florida Legislature in 2006 passed a law that made the names of concealed weapon permit holders confidential.

Damn, I'd better load this thing.

Uber driver shoots armed robber

In spite of Uber's policy that prohibits riders and drivers from carrying firearms of any kind in a vehicle while using their app, this Uber driver had a permit to carry a firearm that saved his and possibly his passenger's life.

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As Florida still does not have an open carry law, everyone should get their concealed carry permit. It could very possibly save your life one day. Why should criminals be the only ones with guns?