Florida's new gun laws

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by Cleo

South Florida has multiple shootings ever day already.
I myself have been a shooting victim.
These new laws are just so fucked up.

Sub Titled: Guns Don't Kill People. Bullets Do!

First off... Cleo, I'm very sorry for your experience, I know it must have been terrifying and you have every reason to hate the idea of guns everywhere. I have more than a few acquaintances that have been shot, and even killed (I'm in Chicago now, lots of gangs, lots of guns) and I dated an ER doctor so I know the trouble that a gunshot causes all the way up and down a family line. I am very sympathetic to your feelings. I just wanted to say that first so that my comments below don't seem callous.

If I could just say one thing about this and Florida (I'm really only just trying to add to my post totals really quick). I'm originally from Florida and it is a fabulous place to go and have fun especially on the Gulf Coast.

The gun thing isn't as big a deal as all the press made it out to be. Yeah, its a little extreme on the concealed side but not for Floridians. The reason is that everyone already had a gun anyway and most carried it. Most jurisdictions just required that the clip not be in it when you transport and it wasn't uncommon at all to see shop owners, etc. walking around strapped. The first thing you did when you got pulled over for speeding or whatever is say "hello officer, just want to let you know I have 9mm Gat in the glovebox and cruise missle in the trunk". He'd go "Oh' ok thanks for letting me know. Insurance and registration please". There is a gun shop in almost every strip mall up and down the trail. The funny affect that it has is that usually everyone is immensely polite to everyone else and you never have an argument at a four way stop sign. |blowkiss|

Criminals... that's another matter and no law will ever really change that though the feds are trying with extremely long sentences for felons that use a gun in commission of a crime AND they are really starting to prosecute them in bulk.