General Bill by Massullo
Threats: Prohibits threats to use firearm or weapon with specified intent.
Effective Date: October 1, 2020
Last Event: Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:25 PM

I sat down and watched the live-streaming of the committee discussion. The original issues I had with the bill being so generic I think have been addressed with an amendment to the amendment.

if the threat is sufficient to cause a well-founded fear in a reasonable person that the threat will be acted upon.

IANAL but that sounds like a very defined language with little room for legal game playing. I do believe it is close to what we already have  for Self Defense. Also the penalty was dropped from Second Degree Felony to Third Degree.

Click on the top link to read all the bills and amendments. Easier for me that way.

Now we need to see the Senate version match this one. They are about halfway there and I would love to see the “well-founded” clause inserted.

Florida Gun Rights 2020 – HB 311 – Threats – BAD BILL – ACCEPTABLE