Florida Alert: Bay County Sheriff blasts FSA “Secret Vote” on Open Carry

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Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Many have questioned whether, as elected officials, it is a violation of the state Sunshine law for sheriffs to walk out of the “sunshine” into the shade of a secret vote on public policy issues that impact their constitutional duties and the rights of their constituents.

The Florida Sheriffs Association says the vote on the open-carry bill was a “blind vote” so no information is available on how each sheriff voted on this important Second Amendment issue.

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen is to be applauded for speaking out on these issues and making his positions known.

Read his comments in the article McKeithen blasts vote on open carry, by Zack McDonald on the News Herald website yesterday, October 27, 2015.

Article can be found here – https://www.newsherald.com/article/20151027/NEWS/151029272.

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Ed

From my understanding, the FSA were voting as to whether they should support the badly written law or not. They do not have the power to vote on whether the bill becomes law or not, but they do have some perceived authority on the subject, and as their ability to ‘keep the piece’ by arresting people simply because they see a gun on someone will be greatly hampered, they have compelling reasons to speak up about the proposed bill. I live in KY, an open carry state, but I have a concealed carry permit because it is the smart way… Read more »

Dave

It would seem, that in light of the Sunshine Law, and fact that the Sheriff’s went behind closed doors to cast votes, this is clearly a violation of the law, and now they are the scumbag POS, gutless cowards, I am disgusted at this level of commitment of the their oaths of office, how can any be trusted who does not keep their word.