HM 545 – Right to Keep and Bear Arms:

WHEREAS, it is the duty of the Legislature to exercise all of its lawful authority and power to protect the right of the people of this state to keep and bear arms, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That it is the sense of the Legislature that the proposals of the President of the United States to restrict the arms available to law-abiding citizens violate the United States Constitution and that the Legislature, on behalf of the government and citizens of the state, hereby notifies the Congress and the President that it intends to lawfully use all of its authority and power to resist or overturn any federal gun control measure that violates the right of the people of this state to keep and bear arms.

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Marra was sculpting a tribute to SEALs at his Sarasota, Florida, studio when he heard Kyle had been killed by a troubled veteran he was trying to help. Greg Marra switched his focus and worked non-stop from photographs

via Artist brings Chris Kyle statue to Texas | kvue.com Austin.

Fitting tribute if you ask me.

06 MAR 1836

2200 hours, D-1, one hundred and seventy-seven years ago General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ordered that the artillery barrage which had fallen upon the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar for twelve days be halted.

via The LawDog Files: 06 MAR 1836.

Go read the rest of his post about The Alamo.

If you do not have LawDog in your Must-Read list, you are missing one of the best bloggers out there. The day he decides to compile his writtngs in a book, I’ll be the first ordering it in Amazon.

Jon Gutmacher, an Orlando attorney and author of “Florida Firearms: Law, Use & Ownership,” told FoxNews.com that the bill would almost certainly be found to be unconstitutional based on prior restraint.

“It has no reasonable relationship to anything,” he said. “There has to be a reasonable basis to believe that a person had a substantial anger problem that could cause public harm.”

Gutmacher said he found the bill to be an “insult” to any gun owner in the Sunshine State.

“It’s absurd on its face,” he continued. “And anyone who proposes that legislation is in my mind unfit for the legislature because it shows a basic problem with their thinking process, aside from their lack of understanding of what the Constitution is all about. That’s the kind of bill that doesn’t even get past committee.”

via Florida bill would require anger management courses for bullet buyers | Fox News.

Ouch! But with our proprietary brand of Florida Stupid in the State’s legislature, they need to be reminded that they were elected to serve the people and not act like tin pot dictators.

Funny!

SB1678 is brought to you by Senator Audrey Gibson (D)

49 790.06551 Sale of ammunition; mandatory anger-management
50 program; penalties.—
51 (1) It is unlawful to:
52 (a) Sell ammunition to another person who does not present
53 certification that he or she has successfully completed an
54 anger-management program consisting of at least 2 hours of
55 online or face-to-face instruction in anger-management
56 techniques. The certification must be renewed every 10 years.
57 (b) Purchase or otherwise obtain ammunition by fraud, false
58 pretense, or false representation.
59 (2) A person who violates this section commits a
60 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
61 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates this section a
62 second or subsequent time within 1 year after a prior conviction
63 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
64 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

We breed a special kind of stupid in Florida. Either that or somebody got cable recently and watches one of the crapppiest TV shows in history. After this, what is next? Rabies shots for leather holsters?

SB 1670: Assault Weapons and Magazines introduced by Senator Arthenia L. Joyner (D) and more likely written by the lawyers from MAIG reproducing and even increasing NY’s SAFE law.

This bill is so overreaching it boggles the mind. Besides your new definition of Assault Weapon seen in other states, this one includes many of the most popular semi auto pistols out there:

(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Assault weapon” means:
A semiautomatic pistol, or any semiautomatic, centerfire
or rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine, which has the capacity
to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Also, the simple possession of parts which can be interpreted by somebody as belonging to an “Assault Weapon” would be illegal.

A conversion kit, part, or combination of parts from
which an assault weapon can be assembled if the kit, part, or combination of parts is in the possession or under the control of the same person.

Just imagine that you obeyed the law and got rid of your Glock 19 Assault Weapon, but somehow forgot that NY Trigger kit and was to be found by authorities? Yup, it is as bad as if you owned a fully functional, fully automatic FAL and just sprayed a bus full of nuns.

Of course, Ms. Joyner offer us alternatives: We can send the EBRPS (Evil Black Rifle, Pistol, Rifle) to another state ( Gun Exile), we can turn it to the proper authorities for destruction or, if you are a really really good boy, you can register your EBRPS with the Department of Law Enforcement and they shall do a background check on you and, if you shall pass it, you get to register your EBRPS and only 3 of those evil assault magazine clips barretes/placemats/holders that carry boolits. Oh yes, you have only 6 months to be registered or you are pffffft!

Speaking of evil assault magazine clips barretes/placemats/holders, no magazines over 10 rounds whether fixed or removable are allowed and that includes tubular mags. I did not see exceptions anywhere for the Henry Lever action rifle in .22LR so that makes it an EBRPS because it has a tubular magazine that carries 15 rounds. Same as with EBRPS, the simple possession of a part that can be used in an evil assault magazine clips barretes/placemats/holders is now illegal. You have the floor plate for an AK 47? Ay-ya-yay!
Still reading the bill and trying to translate the legalese to less than BS or English. Anyway, it is safe to say we should start pestering our State Rep and Senator plus Attorney general Bondy and Governor Scott….like right this frigging minute.