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On one hand it’s almost pathetically laughable. On the other hand, it is a reminder that there are individuals who see government not as the defender of liberty, but as the mechanism to minimize and ultimately destroy it.
In what can only be described as typical knee jerk liberal statist fashion, Florida state senator Audrey Gibson and Florida state representative Perry Thurston have filed bills requiring mandatory anger management class certification prior to the purchase of ammunition.
This is surely one of the most egregious attempts at infringing on the right to keep and bear arms and ranks right up there with registration and banning.
These bills go on to legislate “Records of firearm handgun sales must be available for inspection by any law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 934.02, during normal business hours.”
The bills are available below for your review. Please contact your state senator and state representative and demand these bills be put to death at the first available opportunity. Reason would allow that committee chairmen will not allow these bills to see the light of day. We cannot however take anything for granted.
If you do not know who your state senator is, use the locator found here: www.flsenate.gov
If you do not know who your state representative is, use the locator found here: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
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Florida State Senator Audrey Gibson
Florida Senate – 2013 SB 1678
By Senator Gibson
9-00411B-13 20131678__
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to firearms; amending s. 790.0655,
3 F.S.; requiring a 3-day waiting period for the sale of
4 any firearm; providing exceptions; providing
5 penalties; creating s. 790.06551, F.S.; prohibiting
6 the sale of ammunition to a person who has not
7 completed an anger-management program; requiring
8 certification of completion of an anger-management
9 program to be renewed every 10 years; providing
10 minimum program requirements; prohibiting the purchase
11 of ammunition by fraudulent means; providing criminal
12 penalties; providing an effective date.
13
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16 Section 1. Section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended
17 to read:
18 790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms handguns;
19 mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.—
20 (1)(a) There shall be a mandatory 3-day waiting period,
21 which shall be 3 days, excluding weekends and legal holidays,
22 between the purchase and the delivery at retail of any firearm,
23 as defined in s. 790.001 handgun. “Purchase” means the transfer
24 of money or other valuable consideration to the retailer.
25 “Handgun” means a firearm capable of being carried and used by
26 one hand, such as a pistol or revolver. “Retailer” means and
27 includes every person engaged in the business of making sales at
28 retail or for distribution, or use, or consumption, or storage
29 to be used or consumed in this state, as defined in s.
Florida House member and House Minority Leader Perry Thurston
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to firearms; amending s. 790.0655,
3 F.S.; requiring a 3-day waiting period for the sale of
4 any firearm; providing exceptions; providing
5 penalties; creating s. 790.06551, F.S.; prohibiting
6 the sale of ammunition to a person who has not
7 completed an anger-management program; requiring
8 certification of completion of an anger-management
9 program to be renewed every 10 years; providing
10 minimum program requirements; prohibiting the purchase
11 of ammunition by fraudulent means; providing criminal
12 penalties; providing an effective date.
13
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16 Section 1. Section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended
17 to read:
18 790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms handguns;
19 mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.—
20 (1)(a) There shall be a mandatory 3-day waiting period,
21 which shall be 3 days, excluding weekends and legal holidays,
22 between the purchase and the delivery at retail of any firearm,
23 handgun. “Purchase” means the transfer of money or other
24 valuable consideration to the retailer. “Handgun” means a
25 firearm capable of being carried and used by one hand, such as a
26 pistol or revolver. “Retailer” means and includes every person
27 engaged in the business of making sales at retail or for
28 distribution, or use, or consumption, or storage to be used or HB 1229 2013
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hb1229-00
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29 consumed in this state, as defined in s. 212.02(13).
30 (b) Records of firearm handgun sales must be available for
31 inspection by any law enforcement agency, as defined in s.
32 934.02, during normal business hours.
33 (2) The 3-day waiting period does shall not apply in the
34 following circumstances:
35 (a) When a firearm handgun is being purchased by a holder
36 of a concealed weapons permit as defined in s. 790.06.
37 (b) To a trade-in of another firearm handgun.
38 (3) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as
39 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:
40 (a) For any retailer, or any employee or agent of a
41 retailer, to deliver a firearm handgun before the expiration of
42 the 3-day waiting period, subject to the exceptions provided in
43 subsection (2).
44 (b) For a purchaser to obtain delivery of a firearm
45 handgun by fraud, false pretense, or false representation.
46 Section 2. Section 790.06551, Florida Statutes, is created
47 to read:
48 790.06551 Sale of ammunition; mandatory anger management
49 program; penalties.—
50 (1) It is unlawful to:
51 (a) Sell ammunition to a person who does not present
52 certification that he or she has successfully completed an
53 anger-management program consisting of at least 2 hours of
54 online or face-to-face instruction in anger-management
55 techniques. The certification must be renewed every 10 years.
56 (b) Purchase or otherwise obtain ammunition by fraud, HB 1229 2013
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hb1229-00
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57 false pretense, or false representation.
58 (2) A person who violates this section commits a
59 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
60 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates this section a
61 second or subsequent time within 1 year after a prior conviction
62 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
63 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
64 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013
Andrew Nappi is the State Coordinator for the Florida Tenth Amendment Center. He lives in the Tampa Bay Area with wife Tammy and dogs Emma and Bud Lite.
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Lunacy – as if it was a privilege and not a right. Guilty until proven innocent is it then, dear legislators?
who are these idiots who just want contol, vote these idiots out of office