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Campus Carry Proposal Emerges In Florida House
December 8, 2016
A controversial measure that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to pack heat while on college and university campuses was filed Wednesday by state Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood.
The proposal (HB 6005) is filed for the 2017 legislative session, which starts in March.
Second Amendment groups backed such legislation during the 2016 session, while it was opposed by many faculty members, university and college presidents, and campus law enforcement. The 2016 measure was approved in the House but did not get through the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Greg Steube, a Sarasota Republican who was a primary sponsor of the House campus-carry measure during the 2016 session, is expected to file a bill that includes similar language in the Senate. Steube also was named last month as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A separate measure (HB 6001) that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to bring guns into the passenger terminals of airports also has been filed in the House for the 2017 session. A version of that bill failed to pass during the 2016 session.
by The News Service of Florida
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3 Responses to “Campus Carry Proposal Emerges In Florida House”
Yea! What the two comments below said!
Let’s keep the campuses no defense zones. Make them typical fish in a barrel to be picked off by any nutjob that cares to come along..especially when the nutjobs are leftist snowflakes that get triggered because their instructors didn’t give them an “A” and decide to go postal.
Please answer this question…does ANYONE actually think that a criminal hell-bent on violence will respect the “no weapons on campus” rule?
If anyone answered “yes” to the question, please up your meds.
Well, this is one way to ensure that the masses stay uneducated–drive the teachers out!
Archie Bunker: oh, yeah, that’ll fly like a boyd!