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The Winter Haven Police Department is giving away gun locks
The Winter Haven Police Department will begin a giveaway of gun locks to ensure citizens have the proper security for their guns at home.
Here are 10 bills that died in the 2024 Florida Legislative session
When Florida lawmakers went home after ending the 2024 legislative session Friday, they left behind hundreds of bills that did not pass.
The Florida House on Friday passed a controversial bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and shotguns.
Two controversial gun-related bills are positioned to go to the full Florida House, though the Senate has not considered them.
The incident was triggered not by an actual threat, but rather by the sound of an acorn hitting an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s patrol car.
A House Republican files a bill to allow open carry of firearms in Florida
HB 1619, filed by Rep. Mike Beltran, R-Riverview, would allow people to openly carry firearms in Florida.
The Florida House passed a virtually identical bill during the 2023 session, but the Senate did not take up the issue.
Ten big legal issues in Florida to watch in 2024
State and federal courts in 2024 are expected to buzz with major Florida cases including these ten.
A challenge is rejected to Florida’s ban on gun possession by felons
The Florida Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that bars the possession of guns by convicted felons.
Florida Democrats filed bills that seek to expand rules regarding the storage of firearms and discharging guns in residential areas.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson wants to change a law to let repossession agents carry concealed guns.
A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Amendment was violated when a medical cannabis patient was barred from having guns.
