Why the hell is an AG Commissioner elected
in the first place and why the hell is Agriculture involved with gun permits?
Florida is a big concealed carry state which is probably why the Communists worked to get this creature elected in the first place.
It used to be handled by the Dept. of Revenue, an appointed position. While under them when it came time for renewal you had to get fingerprinted all over again, I believe renewal was every four years and the renewal fee was high.
With the lobbying of the NRA it got transferred to Agriculture Commission, which handles other things like consumer affairs, checking accuracy of gas pumps, scales weights and measures etc.
The Ag Commissioner is elected so answers directly to voters. Under the Ag Commission fingerprinting for renewals was eliminated fees dropped considerably and the permits were now valid for 7 years.
Putting it in the hands of the Ag Commissioner was a good thing. The Dems cheated their way into this with the Broward County bogus votes since the Repub was leading all night until Broward started its games.
I suspect some RINO back room deals were made not to challenge this so Rick Scott could squeak by to a Senate victory. Meanwhile the Repub controlled legislature can grow a spine and move it to another Repub controlled dept.
Ag commissioner is a powerful position here in FL regulates all sorts of stuff from Pest control companies to making sure gas pumps are accurate in addition to the actual Ag stuff. Concealed carry is a small slice. Hopefully if she gets too grabby the legislature will just pass open or “constitutional” carry and be done with it