Florida CCW Question ?

[David]

A friend of mine, a Florida resident and a Florida CCW license holder, said he has seen signs at a few Florida CITY and COUNTY parks that say "NO FIREARMS ALLOWED" in the park.

I'm NOT sure of this, however it was my understanding that this type of sign was not valid at a Florida CITY and/or COUNTY park if you have a Florida CCW license.

Since, I think, Florida state law does not stop you from concealed carry in parks if you have a valid Florida CCW license, how can a city and/or county park do so ?????????

For example, here is a part of Florida Statutes 790.33 - Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted

(1) PREEMPTION.—Except as expressly provided by general law, the Legislature hereby declares that it is occupying the whole field of regulation of firearms and ammunition, including the purchase, sale, transfer, taxation, manufacture, ownership, possession, and transportation thereof, to the exclusion of all existing and future county, city, town, or municipal ordinances or regulations relating thereto. Any such existing ordinances are hereby declared null and void.

and

3) POLICY AND INTENT.—

(a)() It is the intent of this section to provide uniform firearms laws in the state; to declare all ordinances and regulations null and void which have been enacted by any jurisdictions other than state and federal, which regulate firearms, ammunition, or components thereof; to prohibit the enactment of any future ordinances or regulations relating to firearms, ammunition, or components thereof unless specifically authorized by this section or general law; and to require local jurisdictions to enforce state firearms laws.

Here is a link to Florida Statutes 790.33 .........

http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/florida/statutes/florida_statutes_790-33

Any Florida "legal eagles" out there that can answer this question ?????????

thanks

 

[AirForceShooter]

The sign is NOT valid.
I CCW in my speedo on the beach all the time.

Really, it's an ongoing fight to make the locals to modify those signs to take off the "no firearms" item.
The really bad part is some LEO's try to enforce the ban.

AFS

 

[FLAvalanche]

The sign is NOT valid.

Absolutely right!

I CCW in my speedo on the beach all the time.

Absolutely wrong!

 

[Guitargod1985]

Previous two posters are correct. Per FL law (preemption), unless it is explicitly mentioned in FL statutes as a prohibited place, carry is legal.

 

[AWorthyOpponent]

The sign is NOT valid.

+1 100% sure

 

[NavyLCDR]

Even though the signs bear no weight of law or validity, we should still fight for their removal. The reason is two fold. The state statutes should apply to city and county governments as much as they apply to us. They should be held accountable for willful ignoring of state law just as much as we are.

And second, we, the informed, know the signs are BS and will ignore them. However, there are others who are being coerced into giving up their rights and being denied access to public facilities - at least while carrying their firearms - because they don't know any better.

These signs only serve the political interest of the politicians who keep them in place.

 

[sansone]

my cc pistol is invisible to the passer-by so I ignore those signs unless it is a courthouse, airport, etc.

 

[brboyer]

It's not only that the signs are invalid, they are actually illegal along with the local ordnances they are based on.

A group of us on FloridaConcealedCarry.com have been fighting these for over a year. One of the lawyers filed a lawsuit against Lee County's ordnance and signs as they have been fighting this for over a year even after being contacted by State representatives and the Attorney General!

Other counties have been more reasonable and have been removing/updating their signs after being contacted.