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FLORIDA CARRY, INC. LEGISLATIVE ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 26, 2011 SB 234 – Sen. Bogdanoff files OC crippling amendment AGAIN! Members and friends, If you have been keeping track of SB 234, you’ll remember that Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-Fort Lauderdale) introduced an amendment to the Senate Judiciary Committee that would have stripped out the open carry provision of the bill in favor of subjective language that would exempt inadvertent exposure of one’s firearm as punishable under law. Realizing she didn’t have the votes necessary to get the amendment adopted, Sen. Bogdanoff withdrew the amendment. On the eve of...

OpenCarry.org (A pro-gun Internet community of over 24,000 registered members) For Immediate Release – February 15, 2011 --------- Senator Greg Ever’s Open Carry Bill is Not Enough OpenCarry.org Calls on the Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice to Remove the License Requirement from the Open Carry Bill --------- Next week the Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice will hold a hearing on Senator Greg Evers’ SB 234 which would decriminalize the open carry of properly holstered handguns in Florida. Unfortunately the bill merely allows open carry by those who possess a “Florida Concealed Weapon or Firearm License” or a similar...