The National Rifle Association filed suit in federal court to block a portion of Florida’s new gun control law that raises the minimum age to purchase all firearms to 21. The suit was filed less than two hours after Gov. Rick Scott signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act into law. The new law also imposes a …
Florida Mandatory Evacuations Trigger Permitless Concealed Carry
Residents of Florida in areas under mandatory evacuation orders can carry a concealed weapon without a permit under SB 290, passed then signed into law by Gov. Scott in 2015. The bill was authored in response to the experiences of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, some of whom faced charges for taking their firearms when fleeing their homes. The law limits permitless …