racoonbeast
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Our Open Carry Bill has passed in the House. It is sitting on Senator Diaz de la Portilla's desk. He heads the Senate Judiciary Committee and gets to decide if the bill will go to the Senate floor for vote, or die in his committee. Despite the fact that his guy claims to be a Republican, he has stated plans to let it die in his committee. His rationale is nuts. He believes that people walking around with visible guns might negatively impact the tourist trade. I grew up in Vermont, where the largest industry is tourism. Vermont has always allowed unfettered open carry of anything. In my fifty years there, I never have heard of even one incident of it negatively affecting tourism.
I have written him several times, and will continue to do so. All Floridians, please go to this page https://www.flsenate.gov/senators/s40 , find the "send email" on the left of the screen, and urge him to allow the people that we elected to represent us vote on this bill. I have a real problem with one guy deciding what our elected representatives can vote on, and what they can't.
With some dissenters, the Florida Association of Sheriffs are against this bill. But the Florida Association of Police Chiefs firmly support it.
I don't care if you personally support this particular mode of carry or not. Personally I probably would not openly carry. But the Second Amendment says that I have a right to keep and bear arms. Any restrictions on this is a restriction on yours, and my rights promised us under the Constitution. A little restriction here, a little restriction there, and somewhere down the road the Second Amendment will die the death of a thousand cuts.
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I have written him several times, and will continue to do so. All Floridians, please go to this page https://www.flsenate.gov/senators/s40 , find the "send email" on the left of the screen, and urge him to allow the people that we elected to represent us vote on this bill. I have a real problem with one guy deciding what our elected representatives can vote on, and what they can't.
With some dissenters, the Florida Association of Sheriffs are against this bill. But the Florida Association of Police Chiefs firmly support it.
I don't care if you personally support this particular mode of carry or not. Personally I probably would not openly carry. But the Second Amendment says that I have a right to keep and bear arms. Any restrictions on this is a restriction on yours, and my rights promised us under the Constitution. A little restriction here, a little restriction there, and somewhere down the road the Second Amendment will die the death of a thousand cuts.
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