Florida Judge Rejects Concealed Carry Age Law
Judge Ledee ruled Florida's ban on concealed carry for 18- to 20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment, dismissing charges against a 19-year-old in Broward County.
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Judge Rejects Concealed Carry Age Law
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights. Judge Frank Ledee issued a nine-page ruling that said Florida’s “prohibition on the concealed carry of firearms by eighteen-to-twenty year olds strips a class o…
Florida Judge Rules Concealed Weapons Ban for Under-21 Unconstitutional
Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights. The post Florida Judge Rules Concealed Weapons Ban for Under-21 Unconstitutional appeared first on FlaglerLive.
Florida judge rejects concealed carry age law
Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights.
Florida’s restriction on concealed carry under 21 is unconstitutional, Broward County judge rules
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The section of the Florida law prohibiting adults under age 21 from carrying a concealed firearm is unconstitutional, a Broward County judge ruled Friday. Effectively dismissing a case against a Fort Lauderdale resident who turns 20…
Florida’s restriction on concealed carry under 21 is unconstitutional, Broward judge rules
The section of the Florida law prohibiting adults under age 21 from carrying a concealed firearm is unconstitutional, a Broward judge ruled Friday, effectively dismissing a case against a Fort Lauderdale resident who turns 20 in December.
A routine traffic stop at Plantation resulted in a court ruling that could have repercussions throughout the state of Florida. The case involves Joel Walkes III, a 19-year-old who was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm, an offence considered a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years' imprisonment. The incident occurred when an officer stopped to attend a stranded motorist and noticed the gun at Walkes' waistline, who admitted …
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