Comments on: National Guard, Scott Back Emergency Concealed Carry Measure

By: Anthony Kehoe

Anthony Kehoe — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:31:46 +0000

There is nothing in the 2nd Amendment that requires training. 47 states currently have open carry laws, and Florid’a ban will shortly be overturned in the Norman vs. State case. From these 47 states and two hundred years of open carry, we do not have horror stories of masses of citizens running amok wreaking havoc…just a few psychos, and many criminals with illegal guns, mainly in big cities.
The “well-regulated” aspect of the 2A pertains to how the militia is organized once it is called up, and that pertains to structure. Like it or not, according to Heller, we ARE the militia as soon as we own a firearm. The militia pre-exists any call up. This is why Senator Dean and the FSA are so incredibly stupid and ignorant, and such traitors for opposing the rights of people to protect themselves. People need to vote him out of office, and not contribute to the FSA.

By: Joshua Waring

Joshua Waring — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:21:10 +0000

This sounds like it could be a trap.

By: Bob's Brother

Bob's Brother — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:57:26 +0000

Duke of Wawbeek, when is the last time you saw a DHS person before, during, or after a storm. Remember, when seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

By: Duke of Wawbeek

Duke of Wawbeek — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:11:10 +0000

We do not need reckless armed civilians running around, when the Department of Homeland Security is in place to provide for everyone’s defense needs. They are more than equipped to deal with any problems that may arise.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:00:38 +0000

First thing. There is no two or three steps when it comes to carrying a handgun in your car. The Law states it must be in a holster with a snap. The training you receive to get you CCL does not make you a professional CCL holder. It is only a gun familarization course at best which briefly skims over state law. The training, practice and further education you do after the fact will help.I think Open Carry for all is the fix but Evers and Getz are political cowards and pulled the bill.

By: JV

JV — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:54:47 +0000

At some point in your lives, you have to trust folks will do the right thing. These 2nd amendment rights are for all law abiding citizens and shall not be infringed. So if you think people are inadequately trained, thats a societal risk to deal with. All in this Florida are subject to FS 790 and FS 776, trained or not. And No Excuses, please explain how citizens can carry, just not concealed. This is not the case in Florida unless hunting, fishing, etc. Also there is no “two step” process I’ve ever read about. Are you in another state besides Florida?

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:57:07 +0000

Citizens can carry weapons now without a permit, both in their cars and on their persons – they just cannot be concealed while on their person and must have a “two step” process to get to the weapon in their cars. I don’t really see the point of this law, other than to make it possible to protect yourself better in an emergency situation. That’s about it.

By: Rufus Lowgun

Rufus Lowgun — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:07:34 +0000

So the next time we have a hurricane, we’ll have a bunch of armed, stressed out people in cars in bumper to bumper traffic with absolutely no firearms training. What coudl possibly could wrong?

By: RAF

RAF — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:11:14 +0000

I agree with Gorman’s point about untrained people carrying firearms being risky in ANY situation. That is why I choose to carry – especially during emergency situations because you never know what kind of untrained person you will come up against (be it an armed looter or over-zealous, gun-confiscating New Jersey cops like during Katrina). If training is the issue, then perhaps the state should consider funding public shooting ranges so that the general public can train with their firearms. The National Guard could manage them and provide range masters accordingly.