Here is a sample of several New gun laws up for hearings in the state of Florida. (Information from League of Women Voters) If you think the guns laws are insanely out of control, you are right , and thanks to the NRA this is going on every day in every state government and in the Federal government:

Posted on January 24, 2018
HB 219 And SB 196
Senate and House companion bills propose to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. The legislature has refused to place them on the agenda for a discussion in either chamber. Similar bills with similar fates have been introduced in the last years.
*Legislative leadership refuses to allow the bills to be heard.

A provision in Senate Bill 740 requested by Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner would allow Concealed Carry Permits to be issues without a completed background check.
Don’t Cut Corners on Background Checks. Carrying a firearm in public is a serious responsibility, and there should be no exceptions to requiring a complete background check.
Posted on February 9, 2018

HB 1419 by Lawrence McClure This bill (the companion to SB 1048) : would allow churches, synagogues, and other religious institutions to authorize concealed license holders to take their firearms onto their properties. This also means that the designated carrier could take their concealed weapons into schools if the religious institution owns, rents, leases, or borrows the property.

SB 1048 by Dennis Baxley is back after being tabled last week in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill will be heard in that same committee on Thursday, Jan. 25th at 10:00 A.M. EDT. This bill, in a different form, was voted down in December. Yet Chairman Greg Steube continues to place it on the agenda.
Let’s resoundingly tell the members of both of these committees to vote NO on HB 1419 and SB 1048!

SB 1048 is a different version of the same idea we saw die a hard death in a December. Now it’s back in disguise!

Recent polls have shown that the majority of Floridians oppose campus and open carry. It’s high time these elected officials stop wasting our time on bills that have been repeatedly rejected. It’s past time these “guns everywhere” legislators start listening to Floridians who want common sense gun laws instead of continuing to agenda bills that are even more radically irresponsible! Call the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and request that they vote NO on SB 1242 and SB 1048!

SB 1242 by Greg Steube : This bill would allow permitless open carry during a wide number of recreational activities, from picnicking to bird watching to dog walking. Current Florida law requires a concealed weapons permit for carrying a firearm. SB 1242 would allow people to openly carry firearms, including assault weapons, without undergoing the training class or federal background check required to receive a permit.

Floridians have said NO to Open Carry bills before. Why is our Legislature not getting the message? Indeed, three gun bills died in Sen. Steube’s committee this past December. Yet Sen. Steube has now placed SB 1242 — the most radical gun bill we’ve ever seen in Florida — on his agenda.

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