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Law Shield would like to praise a common-sense expansion of gun rights in Florida that is contained in SB 290, a bill which the State Senate passed in late March. SB 290 would allow gun owners to take their guns in their cars without a concealed carry permit during a state of emergency like a... [Read More]

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Our Law Shield members should know about a host of pro-gun bills in Florida that are moving forward. This handful of bills would make carry on various school grounds easier and could provide a template for other states to take up: SB 176 is a bill to allow adults over 21 years of age who

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Our Law Shield members should know about a host of pro-gun bills in Florida that are moving forward. This handful of bills would make carry on various school grounds easier and could provide a template for other states to take up: SB 176 is a bill to allow adults over 21 years of age who... [Read More]

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Our Florida members may not be aware of how active a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization in the state has been in defense of the right to keep and bear arms. Florida Carry was organized by a group of Florida gun-rights activists to lobby the state legislature and to provide a legal entity capable of filing... [Read More]

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Click here for video. Law Shield would like to report to our members about an Orange City, Florida mom who used a gun stop and hold a suspected robber. WKMG-TV in Orlando reported that Lizette Rosario said her son told her someone was trying to break into her house around 4:30 a.m. She grabbed her... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to pass along to our members the amazing story of 80-year-old Ms. Logan, who was recovering from hip surgery at home in Holmes Beach, Fla. when she became aware of an intruder, according to reporting by WTVT in Tampa Bay. To her credit, Logan was prepared and retrieved a revolver, called 911,... [Read More]

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Florida Law Shield was sorry to see a ruling last week in which Alachua County Circuit Judge Toby Monaco said that universities may ban guns in college residence halls. The ruling was a setback for Florida Carry, Inc., which last year won a decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal that said the state... [Read More]

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Law Shield recommends to our members an article by Marion P. Hammer, past president of the National Rifle Association and currently executive director of Unified Sportsmen of Florida. In an op-ed distributed across the state, she wrote about the recent “Docs vs. Glocks” law: Physicians interrogating and lecturing parents and children about guns is not... [Read More]

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U.S. Law Shield wants to inform our members about how two bystanders — one of them an armed Florida CWFL holder— helped save a stabbing victim in Orlando last week. Thomas Thorpe, 50, has been charged in the stabbing of an elderly man at a bus stop on Orange Avenue and 6th Street last Wednesday... [Read More]

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U.S. Law Shield of Florida isn’t sure how to react to recent statements by John Rivera, president of the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association. Was he issuing a legitimate warning to citizens in the area, foretelling the future, or making a subtle threat? It’s hard to tell. Backstory: The new Miami-Dade County budget would slice some 600 police... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield supports the members of Florida Carry in their efforts to preserve and expand gun rights. The group points out an often-overlooked point of law in Florida: The Florida law prohibiting the carry of open firearms and the Florida law requiring a license to carry concealed weapons, do not apply to a person... [Read More]

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The Second Amendment Foundation and Florida Carry, Inc., have sued the City of Tallahassee for refusing to change an ordinance restricting the discharge of firearms in defiance of the state preemption statute. Named as defendants in the case, which was filed in the Second Judicial Circuit Court for Leon County, are Tallahassee Mayor John Marks,... [Read More]

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