by KARA DUFFY
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) -- A Florida lawmaker is pushing to loosen the state’s gun laws.
Republican State Rep. Anthony Sabatini filed the bill, HB 273, that would allow lawful gun owners to carry without a license in areas where concealed carry is typically allowed.
It would keep in place prohibitions on carrying firearms in places like courtrooms and college campuses, but the penalty for bringing a gun there would be reduced from a third-degree felony to a second-degree misdemeanor.
The bill also eliminates a requirement to be 21-years-old to carry.Sabatini took to Twitter after filing the bill. He wrote his bill, “deletes the requirement that a person obtain a permission slip from government before concealing a weapon for their self defense—also known as ‘Constitutional Carry.’” He also added, “Our Second Amendment right should not be determined by a government bureaucracy.”
The “Constitutional Carry” law, is already in place in 16 other states.
The bill will be brought up in the 2020 legislative session.