Florida Open Carry HB 163 Judiciary Committee January 28, 2016

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• published: 31 Jan 2016
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CS/CS/CS/HB 163: Weapons and Firearms GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Gaetz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baxley ; Combee ; Drake ; Eagle ; Fant ; O'Toole ; Renner ; Smith ; Stone ; Trumbull ; Van Zant Weapons and Firearms; Provides that certain persons & public entities that infringe on specified rights of individual may be subject to liability under specified provisions & have no immunity; provides exception; provides construction; provides that employer may direct employee regarding weapons; provides that employee has no cause of action against employer regarding such direction; specifies that law enforcement officer may arrest person for unlicensed carrying of concealed weapon only upon reasonable suspicion or probable cause that such violation is being committed; provides that person licensed to carry concealed firearm or concealed weapon may also openly carry such firearm or weapon as long as such person is in compliance with specified provisions; provides requirements for openly carrying such firearm; revises legislative findings concerning possession & carrying of weapons & firearms. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Last Action: 1/29/2016 House - Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/02/16 Location: On Special Order Calendar Bill Text: PDF No State shall...coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.... ARTICLE I, SECTION 10, CLAUSE 1 Article. IV Section. 4.The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence. Amendment XIV Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Amendment XVI The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. Not only is banning Open carry unconstitutional Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance requiring solicitors to purchase a license was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses' right to freely exercise their religion. The state cannot and does not have the power to license, nor tax, a Right guaranteed to the people Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943), Supreme Court of the United States Thompson v.Smith, 154 SE 579, 11 American Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, section 329, page 1135 “The right of the Citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property thereon, in the ordinary course of life and business, is a common right which he has under the right to enjoy life and liberty, to acquire and possess property, and to pursue happiness and safety U.S. Code § 311 - Militia: composition and classes (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b)The classes of the militia are— (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. Fair Uses of Copyrighted Material Under the Copyright Act, the fair use of copyrighted material without permission is allowed when used for the following purposes: Criticism Comment News reporting Teaching, includes making copies for use in the classroom Scholarship and research Parody -