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LAST UPDATE - 21 June 2003
Gun Owners 5 - Socialists 0
All Anti-Gun Owner Bills Fail in the regular session. SB 10A was amended in favor of Gun Owners.
S526 Track Bill Here
THIS BILL IS DEAD
Committees For This Bill

1. Commerce, Economic Opportunities
and Consumer Services;
2. Criminal Justice;
3. Judiciary;
4. Appropriations Subcommittee
on Criminal Justice;
5. Appropriations

 S526     GENERAL BILL by Campbell - DEMOCRAT
Pawnbrokers & Secondhand Dealers; requires FDLE to administer statewide
database of pawnshop transactions & acquisitions of secondhand goods;
requires local law enforcement agencies to submit records of such
transactions to department, . . .  Creates 943.0546; amends 539.001.

Note: This includes a data base on all pawned firearms and their owners.

THE FIRST VESTIGES OF GUN REGISTRATION IN FLORIDA
This is the fourth year for such proposed legislation
THIS BILL IS DEAD - Good Shootin !
H69 Track Bill Here
THIS BILL IS DEAD
Committees For This Bill

1. State Administration;
2. Criminal Justice (PS);
   3. Public Safety & Crime Prevention;
4. Public Safety Appropriations (AP);
5. Appropriations

 H69 GENERAL BILL by Rich - DEMOCRAT Broward
Firearms/Pawnbroker/Pub. Rec.; provides that exemption from public records requirements for specified records pertaining to buyer or transferee of firearm & duty of FDLE re maintaining such records do not apply to pawnbroker transaction forms that record transaction involving firearm. Amends 790.065.  E
GUN REGISTRATION IN FLORIDA
Note: This is a Dove Tail bill to the above S526, stopping the automatic purge of firearm owner information when obtained from pawn transactions. This allows FDLE to keep firearm owner information forever if they choose.
THIS BILL IS DEAD - Good Shootin !
 S1388 Track Bill Here
THIS BILL IS DEAD
Committees For This Bill

1. Criminal Justice;
2. Judiciary;
3.Commerce, Economic Opportunities,
and Consumer Services;
4. Government Oversight and Productivity; 5. Rules and Calendar

 S1388 GENERAL BILL by Wasserman Schultz - DEMOCRAT
Firearms/Pawnbroker; provides that exemption from public records requirements for specified records pertaining to buyer or transferee of
firearm & duty of FDLE re maintaining such records do not apply to
pawnbroker transaction forms that record transaction involving firearm.
Amends 790.065  (Identical H 69)

GUN REGISTRATION IN FLORIDA

Note: House and Senate Bill filed. It is now possible for this to become law
THIS BILL IS DEAD - Good Shootin !
H1089 Track Bill Here
THIS BILL IS DEAD
Committees For This Bill

1. Public Safety & Crime Prevention;
2. Agriculture;
3. Public Safety Appropriations (AP);
4. Appropriations

 H1089 GENERAL BILL by Brandenburg - DEMOCRAT  Palm Beach
Pawnbrokers & Secondhand Dealers; requires FDLE to administer statewide
database of pawnshop transactions & acquisitions of secondhand goods;
requires local law enforcement agencies to submit records of such transactions to department; amends provision re Florida Pawnbroking Act to specify form of petition under which claimant may bring action to recover possession of misappropriated property; provides rule making authority, etc. Creates 943.0546; amends 539.001. (Identical S 526)
GUN REGISTRATION IN FLORIDA
THIS BILL IS DEAD - Good Shootin !
2003 SECOND SESSION

SB-10A Track Bill Here
OPPOSE THIS BILL

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SUPPORT PRUITT AMENDMENT TO SB-10A to remove gun tax.
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 SB-10A is a hidden GUN TAX.  The fee for criminal history checks on Right to Carry license holders and applicants will go from an actual cost of $15 up to $30 as the bill now stands.  THAT IS A 100% TAX. 

SB-10A authorizes the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to increase the fee for a criminal records check to a specified amount in statutes.  Since under current law FDLE is authorized to charge the ACTUAL COST (currently $15) of doing a
criminal history check, anything above the actual cost is a TAX. 

We have been told that an amendment will be offered to lower the authorized fee to $24.  THAT IS STILL almost a 50% TAX. 

FDLE is claiming it costs them $23 to $24 to do a criminal records check.  We believe that is FALSE.  There is no way anyone should believe that they would be operating at a substantial loss when the law allows them increase the fee and charge the actual cost anytime they need to.

The PRUITT Amendment REMOVES the hidden GUN TAX.

Sen. Ken Pruitt will offer an amendment on the Senate floor to remove the hidden gun tax from SB-10A. 

This bill was amended to limit the FEE to $15. We WIN !
 

Join These
Florida Firearms Owners Rights Groups

Florida  Sports Shooting Association
Second Amendment Coalition of Florida
Tampa Bay
Second Amendment Coalition of Florida
Palm Beach
 Second Amendment Sisters Florida
South Florida Firearms Owners
Unified Sportsmen of Florida 

Bills To Support
SEE  BELOW

 ACTIVISM  101
#1
Contact your Senator
and Representative via phone, fax, email or letter and voice your firm opposition to these anti-gun bills.
Ask for an appointment to meet face to face in their local office. Set up an ongoing appointment any time they are back in the local office.		 #2
Whenever Committee links are listed, contact the Committee members and voice your firm opposition to these GUN FIGHT anti-gun bills.
Voice your Full Support to the committees for the
BILLS TO SUPPORT
Follow up with a copy to your Representative and Senator, Pro or Con.		 #3
Join a Florida firearms owners rights group. Encourage the group
to oppose these bills in any way possible and especially with
Press Releases and Letters To The Editor from the group.
WORK TO VOTE
ANTI  FIREARMS LEGISLATORS  OUT !
Find a FLORIDA GUN CLUB or ORGANIZATION near you
Note to Gun Owners - Let's get this 2nd Amendment tag legislation passed in 2003. Contact http://www.secondamendmentclub.org/projects.html
to offer your support and assistance. If they can pass a PROTECT FLORIDA WHALES tag legislation (even though there is no such thing as a Florida Whale, have you ever seen one ?) we can have OUR Tag for our rights.

 

 
One Click Email To The Committees
» = 2003 Active
Instructions Below
-SENATE COMMITTEE-
» Criminal Justice Subject: OPPOSE S526 - S1388     Phone (850) 487-5192
» Commerce & Economic Opportunities   Subject: OPPOSE S526 - S1388  Phone (850) 487-5815
» Judiciary Subject: OPPOSE S526 - S1388    Phone (850) 487-5198  *Daniel Webster No Email
» Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Subject: OPPOSE S526  Phone (850) 487-5140
» Appropriations Subject: OPPOSE S526  Phone (850) 487-5140 *Daniel Webster No Email
» Governmental Oversight and Productivity Subject: OPPOSE S1388 Phone (850) 487-5177
» Rules and Calendar Subject:OPPOSE S1388  Phone (850) 487-5350

-HOUSE COMMITTEE-
» Criminal Justice (PS) Subject: OPPOSE H69  Phone (850) 488-6333 
» State Administration  Subject: OPPOSE H69   Phone (850) 488-4863 
» Public Safety & Crime Prevention Subject: OPPOSE H69 - H1089  Phone (850) 488-6333 
» Public Safety Appropriations (AP) Subject: OPPOSE H69 - H1089  Phone (850) 488-6204 
» Appropriations Subject: OPPOSE H69 - H1089  Phone (850) 488-6204 
» AgricultureSubject: OPPOSE H1089  Phone (850) 488-5465

1.  Review The Bills - Prepare Your Comment To The Committee
2.  Click On the Active Committee
3.  Add Your SENATOR   and REPRESENTATIVE  To Your  Email
Or Send Them A Separate Email With Your Comment  (Better)

For General Committee Information, Click On Committee Listing In Bill Section

 
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