Posted on 03/07/2019 9:22:50 PM PST by MtnClimber
Florida’s newly-elected Democrat Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Nikki Fried, oversees the issuance of concealed carry permits in the state. During her campaign, she vowed to use her office to crack down on guns in every way possible. I figured that meant that she’d accomplish that through creative interpretation and application of the laws concerning concealed carry in the Sunshine State.
Since taking office, she has added some well-known anti-gun individuals to her staff. Folks like Fred Guttenberg and Mary Barzee Flores.
Now, a fellow Florida gun owner I know (who wishes to remain anonymous) is facing some of the first effects of Fried’s anti-gun jihad. And he isn’t alone.
My friend received a certified letter from the Commissioner’s office stating that his concealed weapons permit had been indefinitely suspended. The Ag Department claimed this was because he had an injunction (restraining order) filed against him in Nassau County in 2003. The only problem with that is that it never happened.
He called the Nassau County Clerk’s office to confirm that they have no record of any injunction issued against him. He then went to the local Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services office to explain and see if he could get the situation resolved.
Instead of listening and verifying the information he provided, they simply confiscated his carry permit. They told him he had to go to the Clerk of Court’s office and get a court-certified letter stating they have no record of any injunction issued against him. Then he’d get his permit back.
That’s correct. A state agency is demanding that a citizen prove his innocence so he can exercise a constitutional right.
This individual has been a concealed weapon permit holder in Florida for twelve years. He originally applied in 2007 and renewed in 2017. Both times he was approved via the state’s background screening process. He also is a Federal Firearms License holder and passed BATFE’s background check process in 2008.
My friend called the Clerk of Court’s office. They explained again that they have no record of any injunction being filed against him. Furthermore, he was never served with papers to that effect. There is no record of “return of service” or “return of writ” in their database, which means that no injunction was filed against him without him being served.
I will have to watch this. I have had a Florida permit for about 25 years, 20 years as a non-resident permit.
Is that permit reciprocal with CO?
Stolen elections have consequences, to paraphrase a famous anti-American.
I’ll say it again, as I say in other threads: ideological idiots like this lady don’t get elected unless voters are themselves ideological and ignorant of basic civics.
The first step in restoring the Republic is in pulling one’s children out of government schools, where they are trained in leftist ideology. It is only going to get worse, and we will have ourselves to blame if we do nothing in our own families.
Leftist want to disarm and control you. If they can not, they want to kill you. It is that simple, folks.
JoMa
How to turn a “shall issue” state into “should, but probably won’t, issue”.
The FL non-resident permit is not reciprocal with CO, but it is reciprocal with every state driving to FL on the southern route through Texas, Louisiana, etc. I have a CO permit which is not reciprocal with those states. All of my family lives in Florida and I have a tree farm in the Florida panhandle that used to have 40 year-old pine trees until it got flattened by the hurricane that hit Panama City last year.
That’s deliberate interference of rights of the citizens and she should be sued out of office.
The Democrats seem to have forgotten that government is here for US - not for their petty power plays and it’s time they’re reminded of that.
I think I’d go and sue the Ag Commish for ‘damages’, and man-hours that this will consume. Figure $1-million to settle easily, or $15-million if they won’t settle.
Lock her up on federal charges for breaking US Constitutional law. Forget where she is locked up. Leave her there forever. Do the same for any other anti-American asshats.
If that doesn’t work. Bring back public hangings.
SUE the bastards. Make them defend their leftist illegal obstructionism.
I have never been a fan of concealed carry permits for one reason: If the government can issue a permit for something then it’s a denial that it’s a constitutional right. Rights don’t require or allow permitting or licenses, they’re rights so they exist outside the whims of governments.
The only concealed carry law that matters is the second amendment, anything else is an infringement. You don’t ask the government for a permit for a right.
Socialists gonna socialist.
Heads up, Conservatives.
The Political Left is coming for EVERYTHING!
Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian thug.
Fake breasts, fake Ag commissioner.
Shame he’s not a lawyer. By improperly putting the burden of proof on him for their mistake, they are creating quite the barrier.
Be fun to sue to require them to change their procedure to make them get a certified record before taking action.
Agriculture and Consumer Services??? WTF...
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