Florida has preemption.
one of the state off-limits places is this:
"any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special district;" (http://handgunlaw.us/states/florida.pdf)
Does that apply to a school board meeting? The only reason I ask is that the Bradenton Herald just published an article stating that "school district adds security checks for public meetings", which says that you will no longer be allowed to carry concealed into public meetings.
See article here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/loca...qWBi3h9Krsx9kTcbnZDNEq_EG92v1SAVAbW540odRzoNE
Edited to add: the article also says Bradenton Police were on scene, along with a signed posted on the door that said no firearms allowed unless authorized by state law.
The statute as written and as described in this article is ambiguous to me. I can not figure out if this meeting is the "governing body" of the public school district. And, if it's not, then our local government has no lawful authority to prohibit firearms there.
Does anyone know the answer?
thanks!
one of the state off-limits places is this:
"any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special district;" (http://handgunlaw.us/states/florida.pdf)
Does that apply to a school board meeting? The only reason I ask is that the Bradenton Herald just published an article stating that "school district adds security checks for public meetings", which says that you will no longer be allowed to carry concealed into public meetings.
See article here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/loca...qWBi3h9Krsx9kTcbnZDNEq_EG92v1SAVAbW540odRzoNE
Edited to add: the article also says Bradenton Police were on scene, along with a signed posted on the door that said no firearms allowed unless authorized by state law.
The statute as written and as described in this article is ambiguous to me. I can not figure out if this meeting is the "governing body" of the public school district. And, if it's not, then our local government has no lawful authority to prohibit firearms there.
Does anyone know the answer?
thanks!