Jacob OglesMay 8, 2020
4min2634
Agriculture Commissioner called Young Americans for Liberty 'obscure right-wing fringe'
Tag: concealed weapons permitElizabeth Martinez Strauss. Image via campaign.
Jacob OglesMay 8, 2020
Drew WilsonJuly 20, 2018
5min473
Dover Republican Rep. Ross Spano is hosting a different kind of campaign event this weekend. The candidate for Florida’s 15th Congressional District is teaming up with the Plant City Republican Women Federated to host a free concealed carry weapons permit training class State law requires CCW applicants to “submit proof of competency with a firearm.” […]
Michael MolineMay 23, 2017
3min262
Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam moved Tuesday to calm fears amid reports that hackers into his agency’s computers might have compromised the identities of 16,000 concealed weapons permit holders. “We on average had 100 attacks a month into our system that we successfully fight back,” Putnam told reporters following the morning’s Cabinet meeting. “This was […]
Scott PowersAugust 17, 2016
5min496
Democratic Florida House candidate Beth Tuura blasted her primary opponent Henry Lim Wednesday following reports he had been arrested last year for carrying a loaded gun into a federal building. On Monday Lim, an Orlando-based immigration lawyer, acknowledged to FloridaPolitics.com that he had forgotten he was carrying a Beretta .32-caliber handgun in his briefcase when […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2016
6min278
With Florida’s Legislative Session only days away, one of the hottest issues to face lawmakers this year is Open Carry. Two bills (SB 300/HB 163) filed by the Republican father-son tag team of State Sen. Don Gaetz of Niceville and Rep. Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton Beach, would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry a […]
Drew WilsonDecember 14, 2015
2min178
Pompano Beach Democratic Rep. Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed filed a bill Friday that would change some of the rules on concealed weapons permits in Florida. HB 935 would require concealed weapons permit holders to tell first responders they have a concealed weapon and present their license and identification. Current law doesn’t require permit holders to tell police they are carrying […]
Ryan RayOctober 6, 2015
7min312
A House panel Tuesday morning advanced a bill to grant concealed weapons licensees to carry their guns openly in Florida. Or as sponsor Rep. Matt Gaetz put it, restore a right “granted not by government, but by God.” Despite an admonishment from chairman Carlos Trujillo to keep questions to the text of the bill itself and avoid “philosophical” […]
Associated PressSeptember 9, 20151min162
Florida State University football fans going to the game this weekend can bring their guns if they have a concealed weapons permit and they keep them locked in their cars. The day after being sued over a policy that bans guns on campus, the university Wednesday said permitted gun owners can keep guns locked in […]
Associated PressMay 28, 20155min268
Florida gun owners who don’t have a concealed weapons permit can now take their firearms with them while fleeing a hurricane. Not that it’s been a big problem in Florida in the past. No one can cite an example of a gun owner being arrested while evacuating ahead of a hurricane, but lawmakers didn’t want […]