Florida RINO's Refuse To Amend Pro-Gun Bill In Defiance Of DeSantis

[Miami_JBT]

Florida RINO's Refuse To Amend Pro-Gun Bill In Defiance Of DeSantis

The Republican supermajority in Florida is against legalizing open carry.

Even after repeated statements in favor of the law change by Governor Ron DeSantis this week, the Republicans in Florida's legislative branch don't seem too keen on adding the legalization of open carry to their constitutional carry bill.

To make matters worse, Republican leadership is openly dismissive of the idea of legalizing open carry, something that is legal in 47 other states. Only Florida, Illinois, and New York have total bans on open carry.

GOA's Florida State Director, Luis Valdes, brought the debate on open carry to the forefront this week when he asked Governor DeSantis if he would support adding open carry to the current constitutional carry bill, to which the Governor confirmed he would.

https://youtu.be/-3k2D2mJ4cc

In the same statement, DeSantis expressed his doubt about the Republican Legislature legalizing open carry in the new bill, saying, "I don't think they're gonna do it."

DeSantis may be correct.

When asked about open carry being added to the current bill, sponsor Chuck Brannan apathetically stated that the bill "is what it is as filed," indicating that he has no intention of legalizing open carry. Senate President Kathleen Passidomo shared similar sentiments with Rep. Brannan.

Thirty-six years after Janet Reno, as Miami-Dade County State Attorney, worked to pass a ban on open carry, Republicans are still working to defend this unconstitutional law.

Now is the chance for Governor DeSantis to demand that the Republican Supermajority in Florida add open carry to the bill and finally remove Florida from the company of New York and Illinois on the issue of open carry.

Gun Owners of America has been working diligently in Florida to not only pass Constitutional Carry, but get open carry added to the current bill. It's time to pressure Republican leadership, and we need your help!

Please call the Florida Legislature at (850) 717-5019 & (850) 487-5028 and let them know you want open carry added to the bill.

[Jellybean]

So let me get this straight...
They are okay with passing Constitutional Carry... But not open carry.

Yet, IIRC, FL has an 'open carry' consideration for knives/etc, right? Like they still won't let you CCW a fixed blade (boo, hiss), but I can walk down the road with a broadsword on my waist and nobody can say shit, right?
So why the butthurt over firearms open-carry, seeing as how, most states have an OC provision ICW whatever conceal-carry permit scheme AS a protection to the CCW scheme so people aren't constantly getting harassed by soccer moms for "brandishing" or whatever nonsense, in case your shirt comes up over the thing or someone sees you with it in a car, etc.

Freakin Rinos man...

[SteyrAUG]

I'll never understand this logic.

Ok you people can carry guns, but we don't want to be able to see them.

Isn't that essentially the same don't ask, don't tell policy regarding sexual preference that they told us was wrong? What if I'm an open carry "lifestyle" person?

[Miami_JBT]

I'll never understand this logic.

Ok you people can carry guns, but we don't want to be able to see them.

Isn't that essentially the same don't ask, don't tell policy regarding sexual preference that they told us was wrong? What if I'm an open carry "lifestyle" person?

Pretty much and also the excuse of tourism.

"But you'll scare tourists away." Is the same as them saying "But we can't have Black folk here it'll scare White suburban women away."

[jsbhike]

Florida RINO's Refuse To Amend Pro-Gun Bill In Defiance Of DeSantis

Dude's entire life has been priveleges and exemptions.

https://floridahousegop.com/official...k-brannan-iii/

[hotbiggun42]

The NRA will step in!

[SteyrAUG]

Pretty much and also the excuse of tourism.

"But you'll scare tourists away." Is the same as them saying "But we can't have Black folk here it'll scare White suburban women away."

LOL. Because accidentally ending up in Liberty City, Opa Locka, Carol City, etc. and KNOWING there are no armed "good guys" around is so good for tourism. I remember when they were knocking off the Europeans every weekend in the 90s.

[Miami_JBT]

LOL. Because accidentally ending up in Liberty City, Opa Locka, Carol City, etc. and KNOWING there are no armed "good guys" around is so good for tourism. I remember when they were knocking off the Europeans every weekend in the 90s.

They still do that... except now it is the businesses hitting the tourists too in the wallet before the muggers since parts got all high end like Wynwood. So the criminals get less.

[SteyrAUG]

They still do that... except now it is the businesses hitting the tourists too in the wallet before the muggers since parts got all high end like Wynwood. So the criminals get less.

Yeah, but the businesses don't shoot them and leave them for dead. There was that summer in the 90s where every time somebody got lost and went down the wrong road they got lit up. Pretty sure that was still under Navarro.

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Permitless carry will be a great win for Floridians.

Of course OC should be legal as a matter of 2A principle. That said, as a practical matter I can’t remember the last time I saw anyone open carry in Tennessee (city environment) who wasn’t wearing a uniform. I doubt that many gun-owning Floridians
consider OC a high priority for legislators to include in the current bill, especially if they even remotely believe it could jeopardize passing permitless carry which is the big 2A prize.

Tennessee has come a long way since the dark days of May Issue. Didn’t get everything in one bill.

Good luck and congrats on permitless carry!