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Anyone DOING anything?

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Portilla and Gardner stopped Open Carry in FLorida. They used lies, broke laws (ethics violations, anyway) and I hear nothing in the media, nothing in the forums, and... well, nothing.

Is anyone DOING anything?
 

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Nope. We are all just taking our morning after pill, repositioning our donut cushion, and seeking counseling.
 

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Portilla and Gardner stopped Open Carry in FLorida. They used lies, broke laws (ethics violations, anyway) and I hear nothing in the media, nothing in the forums, and... well, nothing.

Is anyone DOING anything?
Nope. We are all just taking our morning after pill, repositioning our donut cushion, and seeking counseling.
That's great. Did you take your snark pill as well, this morning?
Welcome to OCDO - more good people here than you seem to think.

If you have read the Florida sub-forum, it would become obvious that there is much effort being exerted by national orgs and local people with boots on the ground - a good number of these Floridians are contributors here on OCDO.
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?93-Florida

My guess is that user sniper1 was directing his sarcasm, not at the lack of effort to push OC through the Florida legislature, but to your apparent belief that nothing was being done to facilitate that goal. It is in violation of our general standards and Forum Rules to speak insultingly to people also.
 

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No it wasn't directed really at anything. Just expressing my aggravation at the situation. Not my intent to insult, my apologies
 

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No it wasn't directed really at anything. Just expressing my aggravation at the situation. Not my intent to insult, my apologies

I wasn't pointing my finger at a particular person - just issuing a generic caution. No apology needed. :)
 

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No it wasn't directed really at anything. Just expressing my aggravation at the situation. Not my intent to insult, my apologies

I just finished reading the stories of Oklahoma's win, and see the almost total media blackout on Protilla (even when he was giving us the heave-ho the media was almost totally silent) and signed up.... while still angry.

Aside from some efforts to do open carry walks and a few arrests (I was detained for carrying on my own property) I'm not seeing anyone do anything that gets the press involved. Without that media coverage, we're dead in the water.

So my first post was a bit of a blanket statement... and I apologize for that, but can anyone tell me if there are things going on and where I can get involved?
 

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Email scott:

Portilla and Gardner stopped Open Carry in FLorida. They used lies, broke laws (ethics violations, anyway) and I hear nothing in the media, nothing in the forums, and... well, nothing.

Is anyone DOING anything?

I wrote to Gov Scott and reminded him of his campaign promise to repeal the 1987 law that made OC AGAINST THE LAW IN FL. Maybe if all of us would flood him with emails, he may repeal it before he leaves office, (I KNOW WISHFUL THINKING, BUT IT CAN'T HURT)
 

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I wrote to Gov Scott and reminded him of his campaign promise to repeal the 1987 law that made OC AGAINST THE LAW IN FL. Maybe if all of us would flood him with emails, he may repeal it before he leaves office, (I KNOW WISHFUL THINKING, BUT IT CAN'T HURT)

I contacted his office and he said he would sign any bill repealing open carry, but reminded me that he is administrative branch and has no power in around or over the Legislative branch.
 

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I wrote to Gov Scott and reminded him of his campaign promise to repeal the 1987 law that made OC AGAINST THE LAW IN FL. Maybe if all of us would flood him with emails, he may repeal it before he leaves office, (I KNOW WISHFUL THINKING, BUT IT CAN'T HURT)

Governor Scott cannot "repeal" statute law. In this case both the senate and the house would have to approve in order to pass such a bill forward for the governors signature. Then and only then would the old law be "repealed."

Follow a bill through the process: Bill originating in the Senate

https://www.flsenate.gov/About/HowAnIdeaBecomesALaw

The real issue is that some good bills do not even make it to committees, because the committee chairperson holds the bill back, does not allow presentation = effectively a pocket veto. This has been part of the problem with open carry bills.
 
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Governor Scott cannot "repeal" statute law. In this case both the senate and the house would have to approve in order to pass such a bill forward for the governors signature. Then and only then would the old law be "repealed."

Follow a bill through the process: Bill originating in the Senate

https://www.flsenate.gov/About/HowAnIdeaBecomesALaw

The real issue is that some good bills do not even make it to committees, because the committee chairperson holds the bill back, does not allow presentation = effectively a pocket veto. This has been part of the problem with open carry bills.

Well firstly it isnt law. the degree is unlawful. Second since people are so slow of mind at understanding that a simple executive order prohibiting any and all restriction and specifically mandating large fines for any public establishment including all educational facilities that insists on violating what is law. The Constitution. The real issue is unbelief in the Constitution. As soon as that is accepted, all this patchwork of horse manure will disappear. I think my profile picture says it all and if that isnt good enough for some insane reason this will be

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Well firstly it isnt law. the degree is unlawful. Second since people are so slow of mind at understanding that a simple executive order prohibiting any and all restriction and specifically mandating large fines for any public establishment including all educational facilities that insists on violating what is law. The Constitution. The real issue is unbelief in the Constitution. As soon as that is accepted, all this patchwork of horse manure will disappear. I think my profile picture says it all and if that isnt good enough for some insane reason this will be

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Nice soap box speech (nice words for rant) with which few would disagree BUT of little practical, workable benefit in solving the problem in the foreseeable future.
 

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Nice soap box speech (nice words for rant) with which few would disagree BUT of little practical, workable benefit in solving the problem in the foreseeable future.

You disagree yourself. You don't believe in the absolute right to bear arms. If even 50% of people would exercise their rights as the Constitution demands we have the right to, what you see in Commie-fornia, Illinois-ing and most of New England wouldn't even exist. It is our duty to exercise and defend against tyranny from within and without and even the 2A itself recognises that the people are the Militia and this is back up by multiple statements from the Founding Fathers. The solution is to exercise our rights en masse. BLM Nevada and Oregon were clearly not big enough to have the needed impact and the same principle can and should be used every single time an attempt is made against our freedom and the very foundation of our nation. The Constitution.
 

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You disagree yourself. You don't believe in the absolute right to bear arms. If even 50% of people would exercise their rights as the Constitution demands we have the right to, what you see in Commie-fornia, Illinois-ing and most of New England wouldn't even exist. It is our duty to exercise and defend against tyranny from within and without and even the 2A itself recognises (sic) that the people are the Militia and this is back up by multiple statements from the Founding Fathers. The solution is to exercise our rights en masse. BLM Nevada and Oregon were clearly not big enough to have the needed impact and the same principle can and should be used every single time an attempt is made against our freedom and the very foundation of our nation. The Constitution.

sorry say what?

hummm...sounds like your rant is recommending civil disorder, actually bordering on proposing sedition on this pubic forum. those individual(s) who gave their lives or had their lives ruined during the recent BLM OR standoff solved what except to have the feds resolve heightened to prevent if from occurring again.

especially since quote: The Bundy standoff was an armed confrontation between protesters and law enforcement that developed from a 20-year legal dispute between the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and cattle rancher Cliven Bundy, over unpaid grazing fees on federally owned land in southeastern Nevada. unquote

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You disagree yourself. You don't believe in the absolute right to bear arms. If even 50% of people would exercise their rights as the Constitution demands we have the right to, what you see in Commie-fornia, Illinois-ing and most of New England wouldn't even exist. It is our duty to exercise and defend against tyranny from within and without and even the 2A itself recognises that the people are the Militia and this is back up by multiple statements from the Founding Fathers. The solution is to exercise our rights en masse. BLM Nevada and Oregon were clearly not big enough to have the needed impact and the same principle can and should be used every single time an attempt is made against our freedom and the very foundation of our nation. The Constitution.

The solution lies in education and activism. Activists bring the issue to light, but the people who are activists MUST be versed in the facts, and have a clear goal and the understanding to reach that goal and explain WHY they are trying to reach it, if others will join them.

My goal is open carry. It reduces crime, but even more than that, it's a 1st amendment issue that cannot be ignored any longer.

When I carry a weapon openly, I'm making a statement. I'm saying, "I am not a victim, if you seek someone to rob, hurt, or kill, then I am not the target you seek."

In Texas vs, Johnson, Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag outside a campaign rally for Ronald Regan, violating Texas law. "The majority of the Court, according to Justice William Brennan, agreed with Johnson and held that flag burning constitutes a form of "symbolic speech" that is protected by the First Amendment. The majority noted that freedom of speech protects actions that society may find very offensive, but society's outrage alone is not justification for suppressing free speech. In particular, the majority noted that the Texas law discriminated upon viewpoint, i.e., although the law punished actions, such as flag burning, that might arouse anger in others, it specifically exempted from prosecution actions that were respectful of venerated objects, e.g., burning and burying a worn-out flag. The majority said that the government could not discriminate in this manner based solely upon viewpoint."


Open carry is an expression of free speech in my opinion. When you carry openly, an action that police and security guards, hunters and fishermen to every day, ONLY because you dislike the idea of open carry, then you suppress free speech and chill the rights protected by the 1st amendment.
 

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I honestly expect to see Norman to go to the SCOTUS. I think Florida high court will rule open carry is legal, then the state will appeal to SCOTUS.
 
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--snipped-- Every open carry walk, every open carry meeting is an armed opposition to a government authority. This is not only allowed but demanded by our Constitution. It is OUR RIGHTS to protect, and sometimes that means shedding blood. It means shedding blood in Tennessee, and it meant it in Colfax.
Absurd contention that every OC event is armed opposition to our government. Such statements will not be tolerated on OCDO.

Most such meet-ups are just friends getting together doing what friends do. A few are political in nature designed to publicize a difference of opinion. Even empty holsters have been utilized when and where carrying the tool has not been legal.

"Shedding blood" is not a consideration acceptable on this forum in order to promote or cause our beliefs to be forced on others.
The Forum Rules are very specific to this regard - "WE ADVOCATE FOR THE 'LAW-ABIDING' ONLY: Posts advocating illegal acts of any kind are NOT welcome here. Even if you feel that a law is unconstitutional we do not break it, we repeal it or defeat it in the courts."

That is quite clear and sanctions will be imposed on transgressors.
 

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This thread is about Florida OC legislation, not about BLM or Bundy or any other off-topic reply.

Stay on topic, please.
 

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Absurd contention that every OC event is armed opposition to our government. Such statements will not be tolerated on OCDO.

This I have to agree with. We don't OC with the intent of blasting everybody in our way. We do it because it is our right to do so.

Oh and while i'm at it, it's legal and lawful even in Florida. The 2A trumps contrary state legislation. In fact Constitutional carry is legal in all 50 states. The 2A requires and demands no less and therefore as Americans we must demand no less. You do not ask permission to do something you have the right to do in the first place.
 

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This I have to agree with. We don't OC with the intent of blasting everybody in our way. We do it because it is our right to do so.

Oh and while i'm at it, it's legal and lawful even in Florida. The 2A trumps contrary state legislation. In fact Constitutional carry is legal in all 50 states. The 2A requires and demands no less and therefore as Americans we must demand no less. You do not ask permission to do something you have the right to do in the first place.
Come, come now RWL. You know better than to insert opinion in place of law, not withstanding how noble that opinion might be.

Constitutional carry is not legal in Florida much less in all 50 states. False information can harm people who do not see through the veil you wrap around the issue.

Do not repeat or continue in this vein - serious consequences will result.
 
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