Florida Shooters Network

flcracker wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:44 am You guys sound like the fight is already lost. How about fighting to reverse the trend? There are dozens of rural counties in Florida that aren't overrun by Yankee transplants and millions of gun owners in all of our counties, regardless of the degree of urbanisation. Let's make sure that every gun owner in the State of Florida knows what these bass turds are trying to do.

If Marion and the FlaNRA aren't taking up this fight, then let's help MiamiJBT and JonathanW get a postcard campaign underway.

(e) The possession of an assault weapon, as that term is defined in this subsection, is prohibited in Florida except as provided in this subsection. This subsection shall be construed in conformity with the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.
1) Definitions -
a) Assault Weapons - For purposes of this subsection, any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun capable of holding more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition at once, either in a fixed or detachable magazine, or any other ammunition-feeding device. This subsection does not apply to handguns.
b) Semiautomatic - For purposes of this subsection, any weapon which fires a single projectile or a number of ball shots through a rifled or smooth bore for each single function of the trigger without further manual action required.
c) Ammunition-feeding device - For purposes of this subsection, any magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device for a firearm.
2) Limitations -
a) This subsection shall not apply to military or law enforcement use, or use by federal personnel, in conduct of
their duties, or to an assault weapon being imported for sale and delivery to a federal, state or local governmental
agency for use by employees of such agencies to perform official duties
b) This subsection does not apply to any firearm that is not semiautomatic, as defined in this subsection.
c) This subsection does not apply to handguns, as defined in Article I, Section 8(b), Florida Constitution.
d) If a person had lawful possession of an assault weapon prior to the effective date of this subsection, the person's
possession of that assault weapon is not unlawful (1) during the first year after the effective date of this subsection,
or (2) after the person has registered with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or a successor agency,
within one year of the effective date of this subsection, by providing a sworn or attested statement, that the weapon
was lawfully in his or her possession prior to the effective date of this subsection and by identifying the weapon
by make, model, and serial number. The agency must provide and the person must retain proof of registration in
order for possession to remain lawful under this subsection. Registration records shall be available on a permanent
basis to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies for valid law enforcement purposes but shall otherwise
be confidential.
3) Criminal Penalties - Violation of this subsection is a third-degree felony. The legislature may designate greater, but not
lesser, penalties for violations.
4) Self-executing - This provision shall be self-executing except where legislative action is authorized in subsection (3) to
designate a more severe penalty for violation of this subsection. No legislative or administrative action may conflict with,
diminish or delay the requirements of this subsection.
5) Severability - The provisions of this subsection are severable. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or subsection
of this measure, or an application thereof, is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, other provisions shal l
continue to be in effect to the fullest extent possible.
6) Effective date - The effective date of this amendment shall be thirty days after its passage by the voters.

790.335 Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records.—
(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. The right of individuals to keep and bear arms is guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.

2. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool and can become an instrument for profiling, harassing, or abusing law-abiding citizens based on their choice to own a firearm and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution. Further, such a list, record, or registry has the potential to fall into the wrong hands and become a shopping list for thieves.

3. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a tool for fighting terrorism, but rather is an instrument that can be used as a means to profile innocent citizens and to harass and abuse American citizens based solely on their choice to own firearms and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution.

4. Law-abiding firearm owners whose names have been illegally recorded in a list, record, or registry are entitled to redress.

(b) The Legislature intends through the provisions of this section to:
1. Protect the right of individuals to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.

2. Protect the privacy rights of law-abiding firearm owners.

(2) PROHIBITIONS.—No state governmental agency or local government, special district, or other political subdivision or official, agent, or employee of such state or other governmental entity or any other person, public or private, shall knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or any list, record, or registry of the owners of those firearms.

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Miami_JBT wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:11 pm Hey Oddessaman, I made these for an upcoming article.



We both came to the same conclusion at the same time.