Miami measure on assault weapons ban proposed on the ballot

[gforester]

ArmedinPasco
How are gun laws in Alabama

Open carry is legal. Concealed carry requires a permit from the county sheriff and Florida CWP is recognized in Alabama. No waiting period on gun purchases if you have an Alabama CWP. No loaded guns in vehicle without CWP as that is considered concealed under Alabama law. Nothing is considered an "assault weapon" in Alabama law.

[Miami_JBT]

"A Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “white paper” correctly identifies “assault weapons” as a politically contrived term with no real meaning and recommends dramatic federal law revisions in how they are regulated."

https://www.outdoorlife.com/gun-news-we ... bogus-term

Doesn't matter. The White Paper also pushed for the deregulation of suppressors.

[Miami_JBT]

Every single constitutional amendment passed the last mid term. This scares the out of me. We have to step up and fight for our state somehow. Not to mention that our wonderful (Pro Gun) Republicans just passed gun control in our state and the president is about to Ban Bump stocks through executive order I’m not real optimistic.

Not gunna go anywhere...

LOL.... legalization of weed is being pushed, anti Trump hysteria, and the fact that felons got the right to vote. Oh, this can very well happen.

All but one amendment passed. The one that didn't was the expansion of the homeowner's exemption on property tax.

Additionally, incoming FL Senate President, Bill Galvano wrote FL's gun control bill, SB 7026. As Senate President, we gets to direct where bills go. Who chairs and are members of committees, etc....

FL will not have any pro gun legislation pass. More so, the Republican Party of Florida has disbanded its 2nd Amendment Committee and does not view gun rights as an important party plank.

[zeebaron]

The writing is on the wall, it all just depends on how long you plan to stick around to watch the shitshow that's going to take place here in the near future.

[Swamp Water]

I’m afraid so. 12 years left on FRS and I’m out. It sucks I love Florida.

[TheKernel]

Georgia is looking better and better.

[lilwoody]

I was half joking before the last election about starting a amendment drive to make amendments harder to pass. After the election I am convinced it is a must. I would propose for the state Constitution to be amended would take a 60% vote of the entire registered electorate, not 60% of those who show up. Changes as fundamental as our Constitution should be just as difficult as it is to change the national Constitution. These are not zoning issues, pregnant pigs, working dogs or fishing nets. These are things that can shake our state to the core and should not be decided by a million people in a state of 22 million people.

[wjbarricklow]

Molivo:

Not gunna go anywhere...

Almost every referendum passed on this midterm election.

This could very easily pass. Florida's voters aren't as smart as you might think.

I was half joking before the last election about starting a amendment drive to make amendments harder to pass. After the election I am convinced it is a must.

We already passed one once, if I remember correctly.

[Greg]

It took medical pot 2 times to pass as a ballot measure if I remember correctly. 60% is a high threshold to obtain for a AWB

[lilwoody]

Molivo:

Not gunna go anywhere...

Almost every referendum passed on this midterm election.

This could very easily pass. Florida's voters aren't as smart as you might think.

I was half joking before the last election about starting a amendment drive to make amendments harder to pass. After the election I am convinced it is a must.

We already passed one once, if I remember correctly.

it was made so 60% of the people who showed up to the polls are needed to pass a amendment. What it should be is 60% of the whole of the registered voters. Example, say there are 5 million registered voters in the state, and 2 million show up to vote, no amendment could possibly pass. it would take a minimum of 3 million votes to pass any amendment.
In the last election only 2.3 million people voted and at the 60% threshold that was only 6% of the population of the state decided to fundamentally change laws in our state. This needs to be made much more difficult to do!