Well, it has happened in Florida for the first time. Florida has long been a national pioneer for gun rights, concealed carry (1987), and "Stand Your Ground" (2005) laws. Now there is a new direction. Just about three weeks after the Parkland, Florida school shootings, a man's four guns and 267 rounds of ammo were…
The retired police officer who fatally shot a man in a Florida movie theatre in 2014 will stand trial after a judge denied the dismissal of charges under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. You may remember this one. Curtis Reeves Jr., a retired police officer, was at a showing of "Lone Survivor" with his wife…
A Lee County, Florida Sheriff’s deputy may owe his life to a concealed carrier who answered the deputy’s calls for help. The armed citizen was able to shoot the suspect that had pinned the deputy to the ground. While working at a crash site on Interstate 75, Deputy First Class Dean Bardes witnessed a car…
An aspiring criminal was shot and killed by one of his intended victims during a convenience store robbery in Tampa, Florida on May 10th, 2016. No one else was harmed during the incident. Around noon on that day, a man identified as Joel Alberto Torres approached the Ace Beverage Castle. He was wearing a bandana…
Last Friday, a 29-year-old club promoter pulled up to his apartment in Pembroke Pines when a man then attempted to rob him. Instead of handing over what he had, he pulled his firearm and shot at the man 3 times. The victim did have a valid concealed weapons permit. That's when another man appeared and…
In Tampa, FL yesterday morning, a local news reporter and photographer were heading to another story when they saw a man with his hands up and another man holding him at gunpoint. The maintenance worker, Ed Clayton, we going to the church to board up the doors as they had been broken into earlier. He…
Less than a month after the attack in Chattanooga, Florida Senator Rand Paul introduced an amendment to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which would amend permit members of the armed forces to possess firearms on military installations in accordance with applicable state and local law. “I find it ridiculous that the brave men and women serving in…
I have a license to carry in Iowa and Utah. I am in the process of moving to Florida how do I transfer the Iowa concealed weapons permit. Since I have already taken all the courses and have had all the back round checks. Is it necessary to re do all those steps? Answer: You…
As of April 25, 2013, Washington no longer honors Florida concealed weapon licenses. The Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson revoked the concealed weapons permit reciprocity with Florida. According to the NRA-ILA, it is because Florida allows military veterans that are not get 21 to still obtain a concealed weapons permit. All other citizens must…
A Titusville, FL Global Cab driver was dropping off a fare around 2 am on May 23, 2012 when he got quite a surprise--a gunshot wound in the back of the head with a small caliber handgun. He survived the head wound and returned fire with his glock, killing the would-be murderer. The driver then…
Having been rebuffed by Gov. Scott, Tampa is now appealing directly to Congress and the Secret Service to get a federal crackdown on gun possession near the convention. Currently the Secret Service has a security perimeter around the immediate convention venue where weapons are prohibited except for on-duty law enforcement. The city is urging the…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said the City of Tampa was overreaching in its request for a firearms ban during the convention in all of downtown. "You are now requesting that citizens be disarmed in all of downtown Tampa, including in areas across the river, and distant, from the convention center and Secret Service safe zone," Scott…
