Applications for concealed weapons permits in Florida have increased significantly this year, according to an article on News4Jax.com. It is expected that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which processes the concealed weapons permit applications and issues the permits, will receive approximately 150,000 applications in 2009. The article…
Many states, including Florida, allow qualified residents to apply for and obtain concealed weapons permits. These permits allow the person to carry a concealed weapon, such as a firearm, in their vehicles and other concealed places. In Florida, carrying a concealed firearm without such a permit is a third degree…
Consider a person who works at a business in Jacksonville, Florida who carries a handgun that is concealed on his/her person or keeps a gun concealed close by in order to protect the business from robbers. If a police officer comes into that business and finds the employee with the…
The Florida crime of carrying a concealed firearm is committed when a person carries a concealed firearm on his person without a proper license. In Florida, this crime is a third degree felony. When a person who is lawfully licensed to carry a concealed firearm while off-duty such as a…
In only four months of this school year, Jacksonville, Florida school officials have found twelve guns in Jacksonville area schools, according to an article on News4Jax.com. As school administrators indicated, they may address this problem by increasing searches of students including random searches of their backpacks, their lockers, classrooms and…
A Jacksonville, Florida woman was arrested for, among other crimes, keeping a loaded handgun in the center console of a car that her daughter had driven to Lee High School , according to an article on www.News4Jax.com. The mother was arrested on charges of child abuse and failure to store…
No, according to a recent Florida criminal case. The Florida carrying a concealed weapon law provides that it is a third degree felony for a person to carry a concealed firearm on or about his person without a license. However, there is an exception under Florida law which allows a…