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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Mar 31, 2023, 02:01 PM Mar 2023

Florida OKs bill to carry concealed guns without a permit

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill the Legislature sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday. The governor said at a suburban Atlanta gun store that he will sign the bill.

The Senate passed the bill on a 27-13 vote. It will allow anyone who can legally own a gun in Florida to carry one without a permit. It means training and a background check will not be needed for people to carry concealed guns in public.

“You don’t need a permission slip from the government to be able to exercise your Second Amendment rights,” DeSantis said to cheers at the Smyrna, Georgia, gun store that is often a location for GOP campaign events. “And as of right now there’s 25 states, so half the states, that allow that. Well in Florida, next week, we’re going to make it 26.”

The arguments over the legislation were divided on political lines, with Republicans saying law-abiding citizens have a right to carry guns and protect themselves and Democrats saying a state that has seen horrific mass shootings such as the Parkland high school and Pulse nightclub massacres will become even more dangerous.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-oks-bill-to-carry-concealed-guns-without-a-permit/ar-AA19htVy

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Florida OKs bill to carry concealed guns without a permit (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP
This should be an interesting social experiment. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #1
Unless one lives in Florida and goes anywhere like shopping, concerts, at the beach, just driving Marcus IM Mar 2023 #5
It's a war of attrition. Verdun comes to Florida /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2023 #3
Never going to Florida again. Meadowoak Mar 2023 #4
That makes 26 states, over half the states NT thatdemguy Mar 2023 #6
 

Marcus IM

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5. Unless one lives in Florida and goes anywhere like shopping, concerts, at the beach, just driving
Fri Mar 31, 2023, 02:46 PM
Mar 2023

America is a gun crazy death cult.



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