Overview of Florida’s Red Flag Law Law enforcement has a new tool in Florida Statutes section 790.401, which became effective law in 2018. The law is entitled “Risk Protection Orders.” It allows law enforcement to request a judge to issue an order directing a person (called a “respondent” in these proceedings) to turn over all...
Category: Weapons & Firearms
Concealed Carry Rights in Florida Under Mandatory Evacuation Orders
What are our concealed carry rights as Floridians when the government has declared a state of emergency and a mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the area you’re in? For starters, the general rule in Florida is that you can’t carry a concealed firearm out in public without being a permit holder. As I...
Is it Illegal for Medical Marijuana Patients to Possess Firearms?
Possessing a firearm for self-defense purposes is at the core of our Second Amendment rights. But do you lose your right to bear arms if you’re lawfully using medical marijuana? The answer appears to be “yes.” A number of friends have posed this question to me recently over a few separate occasions, so I thought...
“Stand Your Ground” Basics
A number of recent events (and some changes in the law) have left a lot of us with more questions than ever about the law of self defense and Florida’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” law. There is a lot of confusion about this, so I’m going to attempt to go over the basics here by...
Concealed Firearms in Your Vehicle (w/o a Permit) – How Not to Get Arrested
Bearing arms for legitimate self-defense is a Constitutional right. But like so many other things, the devil is in the details. The government is allowed to impose reasonable restrictions on that right in order to carry out law enforcement functions and in support of the general welfare, but sometimes those restrictions violate our Constitutional rights...