Passing this bill will prevent my wife and I from being charged with a crime in the event our concealed firearm becomes accidentally or unintentionally exposed
Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing is tomorrow Tuesday, October 20 at 9:00AM.
Please email the committee members asking them to support SB-344 and SB300 tomorrow.
Please support SB-344 and SB300 tomorrow!
SB-344 will restore our states “No Duty to Retreat” laws and put the burden of proof back on the state. Which is where it should be for any and all laws in the first place!
i would never have guessed it was 2016 already :OLooked odd to me too, but those links go to older bills, not the current ones the OP is referencing. The correct bills are:
SB 344: Justifiable Use or Threatened Use of Defensive Force
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0344
SB 300: Weapons and Firearms
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/300
That's true but somewhere along the line the burden of proof was moved from the state to the individual claiming immunity. This puts it back on the state where it belongs.So, I haven't lived in FL in many years, but I thought "no duty to retreat" was established with the whole "stand your ground" law. What happened?
THE FIRST BILL: SB-344, Burden of Proof by Sen. Rob Bradley was heard in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee on 10/20/2015 and PASSED by a vote of 4-1.
Voting FOR the bill were Chairman Greg Evers and Senators Rob Bradley, Jeff Brandes and Jeff Clemens. Voting AGAINST was Senator Audrey Gibson.
SB-344 Burden of Proof restores the Stand Your Ground law to the original intent of the Legislature by putting the burden of proof BACK ON THE STATE where it belongs.
THE SECOND BILL: SB-300 Open Carry by Sen. Don Gaetz was heard in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee on 10/20/2015 and PASSED by a vote of 3-2.
Voting FOR the bill were Chairman Greg Evers and Senators Rob Bradley, and Jeff Brandes. Voting AGAINST were Senators Audrey Gibson and Jeff Clemens.
SB-300 Open Carry is a bill to allow persons with a Concealed Weapons and Firearms License to also carry openly. This will stop abuse of license holders and keep them from being charged with crime if their firearm accidentally and unintentionally becomes exposed to the ordinary sight of another person.
THE THIRD BILL: SB-68 Campus Carry by Senator Greg Evers was heard in the Senate Higher Education Committee on 10/20/2015 and PASSED by a vote of 5-3.
Voting FOR the bill were:Chairwoman Kelli Stargel and Senators Lizabeth Benacquisto, John Legg, Joe Negron and David Simmons. Voting AGAINST the bill were Oscar Braynon, Arthenia Joyner and Maria Sachs.
SB-68 Campus Carry by CW License Holders is a bill to allow adults 21 years of age or older who have a valid Florida Concealed Weapons or Firearm License to have their rights restored so they will be able to carry their concealed firearms on college or university campuses for protection.
That aspect has been already handled