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Florida Urgent Alert! Open Carry & Court House Carry Bills Up in Senate Judiciary on Tuesday 3/7/2017

Saturday, March 4, 2017

 

DATE: March 4, 2017
TO: USF & NRA Member and Friends
FROM: Marion P. Hammer
  USF Executive Director 
  NRA Past President

SB-646 and SB-616 by Sen. Greg Steube will both be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, between 4:00-6:00pm.

SB-646 Open Carrying  by Sen. Greg Steube removes the criminal penalties for violations of the open carry law and prohibits a person who has a concealed firearms license from being arrested and charged with a crime if their firearm becomes exposed to sight of another person.

SB-616 Courthouse Carry by Sen. Greg Steube allows a concealed firearms licensee to temporarily store a firearm with courthouse security when entering a courthouse and provides for return upon departure.

Please EMAIL the following Senate members IMMEDIATELY and URGE them to SUPPORT SB-616 & SB-646

IN THE SUBJECT LINE PUT:  SUPPORT SB-646 & SB-616 in Senate Judiciary Committee

(To send your message to all just Block and Copy All email addresses into the "Send To" box)

[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected]
[email protected],
[email protected]

These Senate Committee members need to hear from you.  Please email them IMMEDIATELY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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