The current FL legislature seems to be coming down on the side of the 2nd Amendment's guarantee of the RKBA. In light of the recent USSC decisions defining the 2nd Amendment as a guarantee of an individual right it's past time for ALL other state governments to follow FL's lead and nullify the countless thousands of unconstitutional city and county laws that infringe on that right. Over the last century or more, thousands of such local laws have been imposed on law abiding city and county residents by local politicians who have probably never read the BOR, much less the entire Constitution.
There are a few reasonable restrictions that should be left intact IMO, such as those that prohibit unnecessary firing of guns in occupied neighborhoods, campgrounds, and parks for example. However, IMHO ensuring the right of law abiding people to be armed against criminal attack at all times in any and all locations and situations should be the one overriding principle that applies to all gun laws, whether federal, state, or local.
1 posted on
09/21/2011 7:48:48 AM PDT by
epow
To: epow
2 posted on
09/21/2011 8:13:41 AM PDT by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: epow
The FL Legislature made local officials personally liable for willfully violating FL State gun laws. That's what got the local anti-civil rights leaders attention. IIRC there are some stiff fines as well as possible prison time involved for local pols who willfully violate the 2nd Amendment rights of Floridians.
3 posted on
09/21/2011 8:16:29 AM PDT by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: epow
The other which prohibits doctors from asking their patients about guns was ruled an unconstitutional violation of free speech by a Miami judge this month. State leaders are appealing the judge's ruling.I suppose I have to reluctantly agree with the Miami judge on that one provision of the FL law, the 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech is equally as important to our liberties as the 2nd's guarantee of the RKBA. If a doctor asks me a question concerning guns I may own or have in my home I will simply decline to answer. If he/she persists I will politely end the conversation and schedule an appointment with another doctor.
4 posted on
09/21/2011 8:17:09 AM PDT by
epow
To: epow
Thanks God Florida is dumping it’s unconstitutional ‘laws’... it’s waaaaay past time.
13 posted on
09/21/2011 9:05:35 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
To: epow
Thank God Florida is dumping it’s unconstitutional ‘laws’... it’s waaaaay past time.
14 posted on
09/21/2011 9:05:51 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
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