Florida: Sen. Anitere Flores (R-Miami) Blocked the Bill AGAIN

Open Carry & Concealed Carry
Open Carry & Concealed Carry
Unified Sportsmen of Florida
Unified Sportsmen Of Florida

Florida-(Ammoland.com)- SB-646 by Sen. Greg Steube was scheduled to be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, between 3:00-5:00pm. But it wasn’t.

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 temporarily exposed to sight of another person. (See background below)

Why wasn’t it heard by the committee? It had to be “Temporarily Postponed” because, once again, Sen. Anitere Flores (R-Miami) was single-handedly going to kill it.

Sen. Flores is using her position as the swing vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee to block progun legislation from getting out of committee.

WHO SUPPORTS SB-646?

  • The Florida Public Defenders Association,
  • The Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association,
  • The Florida Police Chiefs Association,
  • The Florida Sheriffs Association,
  • The National Rifle Association,
  • The Florida Smart Justice Alliance and
  • Unified Sportsmen of Florida.

WHO OPPOSES it? Republican Sen. Anitere Flores and most of the antigun Democrats.

We thought once we had a progun Senate President again we wouldn’t have a repeat performance of the obstructionist tactics of former Sen. President Andy Gardiner and Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla.

But we were wrong. It doesn’t do any good to have a progun Senate President if he lets a single Senator from Miami control what bills get out of Committees and keeps the Senate from being able to vote on bills she doesn’t like.

It’s time to email the elected Senate President, Joe Negron, and ask him why he won’t stop Senator Flores from running roughshod over the process?

Urge him to PLEASE let this bill be heard by the full Senate.

Please EMAIL the Senate President Joe Negron IMMEDIATELY and URGE them to let SB-646 be heard by the full Senate.

IN THE SUBJECT LINE PUT:

PLEASE, Let SB-646 Open Carry Protection be heard by the Senate

Send your message to this email address [email protected]

Background

This bill is about stopping abuse of law-abiding citizens who are licensed to carry concealed firearms for self-defense.

A license holder whose firearm becomes temporarily and openly displayed to the ordinary sight of another person is not a criminal and this innocent act should not be a crime.

Exercising the constitutional right to bear arms should not be subject to any penalty whatever unless that person commits a crime with the weapon or firearm.

In Florida, there are 1.7 million law-abiding license holders

Every time they leave their homes, carrying a firearm, they run the risk of that firearm becoming temporarily exposed to the sight of another person and then being treated like a criminal and charged with violating the open carry law. It’s time to stop that.

It’s time to stop criminalizing the exercise of a constitutional right.

Please send your email immediately.

If you care about your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, you cannot afford to stand by and do nothing to protect those rights. It time to STAND and FIGHT for your rights.

If you have never emailed a legislator — DO IT NOW! If you have, then you know it helps tremendously so DO IT AGAIN! PLEASE, We’re counting on you.

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Don

Anitere Flores needs to start representing the people who elected her, She should take her personal opinions and put them where the sun doesn’t shine. YOU are a REPRESENTATIVE of the PEOPLE………. STOP BLOCKING GUN LEGISLATION or YOU will be RECALLED!!!!!!!

Jonathan

Reading the ridiculous and crude comments here, and having known Anitere Flores since she was a student, just makes me realize that people have no idea what they’re talking about and cast aspersions recklessly. You are slandering one of the most conservative leaders in our state and in our nation.

Don

BS

Barry Hirsh

Yeah? How long before she pulls a Charlie Crist? She sure as hell isn’t acting like a Republican.

robert

im sure she has a gun

Colonialgirl

Another RINO lifts her skirts and butt flashes Honest Citizens with a permit to carry.

subguy

Anitere Flores is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Remember that on the next election day.