{"id":458,"date":"2018-03-10T00:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2018\/03\/10\/scott-signs-gun-control-bill-today-nra\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:28:43","slug":"scott-signs-gun-control-bill-today-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Scott Signs Gun Control Bill Today; NRA Sues Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7610,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tallahassee.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/09\\\/gov-rick-scott-signs-school-safety-gun-control-bill\\\/410671002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tallahassee.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/09\\\/gov-rick-scott-signs-school-safety-gun-control-bill\\\/410671002\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7611,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tallahassee.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/09\\\/nra-sues-florida-over-gun-bill-same-day-gov-scott-signed-law\\\/412365002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tallahassee.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/09\\\/nra-sues-florida-over-gun-bill-same-day-gov-scott-signed-law\\\/412365002\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7612,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/goo.gl\\\/8pVWnb&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ucr.fbi.gov\\\/crime-in-the-u.s\\\/2015\\\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015\\\/persons-arrested\\\/persons-arrested&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7613,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/goo.gl\\\/3qAJXu&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250303061920\\\/https:\\\/\\\/goo.gl\\\/3QAjxU&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bjs.gov\\\/content\\\/pub\\\/pdf\\\/wo.pdf&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 19:27:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 19:27:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7614,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.courtlistener.com\\\/recap\\\/gov.uscourts.flnd.96819\\\/gov.uscourts.flnd.96819.1.0.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nGov. Rick Scott (R-FL) signed SB 7026, the Majory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act, into law today. The bill would allow some teachers to carry firearms on campus, it allocated significant funding (approximately $500 million) to school safety, it imposed a 3-day waiting period on all firearm sales, and raised the age from 18 to 21 for all firearm purchases including shotguns and rifles. It also included some items related to mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/09\/gov-rick-scott-signs-school-safety-gun-control-bill\/410671002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bill was opposed by most Democrats<\/a>&nbsp;in the legislature because they were against letting teachers have the opportunity to defend students with more than harsh words. They were also upset that it didn&#8217;t include universal background checks and a state assault weapons ban (sic).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>After the signing, the Florida Democratic Party reiterated its opposition to the bill, which was touted as bipartisan since it passed both chambers with GOP and Democratic votes. FDP chair Terrie Rizzo said the governor and Legislature didn&#8217;t go nearly far enough.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ban on the sale of firearms to those between the ages of 18 and 21 did not apply to law enforcement, correctional officers, or those serving in the military. The law would make it a felony for a licensed individual to sell the firearm and for a person to buy the firearm. Moreover, it also prohibited the private sale of handguns to those under the age of 21.<\/p>\n<p>Within an hour of Gov. Scott signing SB 7026, the National Rifle Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/09\/nra-sues-florida-over-gun-bill-same-day-gov-scott-signed-law\/412365002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed suit in US District Court for the Northern District of Florida<\/a>&nbsp;on behalf of their members in Florida. The suit was filed against Attorney General Pam Bondi and Commissioner of the Department of Law Enforcement Rick Swearingen in their official capacities. The suit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the bill on the basis that it unconstitutionally discriminates against 18 to 20 years by denying them both their Second Amendment rights and their 14th Amendment Due Process rights. It also seek an order enjoining the enforcement of FLA. STAT. \u00a7 790.065(13) by the defendants, their employees, and agents and from enforcing the ban on the sales of firearms to those aged 18 to 20.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>16. Independent provisions of federal law also already significantly<br \/>\nconstrain the right of adult citizens under the age of 21 to purchase firearms. Under<br \/>\n18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922(b)(1), a federally licensed firearm dealer may not sell to any<br \/>\nindividual under the age of 21 any handgun\u2014the \u201cquintessential self-defense<br \/>\nweapon\u201d which is \u201cthe most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense<br \/>\nin the home.\u201d Heller, 554 U.S. at 629. Florida\u2019s new ban broadens these<br \/>\npreexisting limits, by (1) extending the ban to rifles and shotguns, in addition to<br \/>\nhandguns, and (2) prohibiting these law-abiding, adult citizens from purchasing<br \/>\nthese firearms from any source, not just federally licensed dealers (i.e., those who<\/p>\n<p>are \u201cengaged in the business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail.\u201d 18 U.S.C. \u00a7<br \/>\n921(a)(11)).<\/p>\n<p>17. The effect of Florida\u2019s age-based ban is to impose a significant,<br \/>\nunequal, and impermissible burden on the right to keep and bear arms of a class of<br \/>\nmillions of law-abiding 18-to-20 year-old adult citizens.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The suit seeks both a facial and as-applied declaration that the new law is unconstitutional. With regard to the as-applied challenge, the complaint says:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>32.&nbsp; This ban particularly infringes upon, and imposes an impermissible<br \/>\nburden upon, the Second Amendment rights of those NRA Members described<br \/>\nabove who are female. Females between the ages of 18 and 21 pose a relatively<br \/>\nslight risk of perpetrating a school shooting such as the one that occurred at<br \/>\nMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School, or, for that matter, a violent crime of any<br \/>\nkind. For example, in 2015, women in this age group accounted for only 1.8% of<br \/>\narrests for violent crime, while males in the same age bracket accounted for 8.7%<br \/>\nof such arrests\u2014and males between the ages of 21 and 24, who may lawfully<br \/>\npurchase firearms under current law, accounted for 9.2%. See Federal Bureau of<br \/>\nInvestigation, Crime in the United States: 2015 tbls. 39 and 40, available at<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/8pVWnb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/8pVWnb<\/a>; see also BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS, WOMEN<br \/>\nOFFENDERS at 2, 13 (2009) (female offenders responsible for only 14% of violent<br \/>\ncrimes, and only 10% of female offenders aged 18-20), available at<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/3qAJXu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/3qAJXu<\/a>. Regardless of its facial validity, Florida\u2019s ban is therefore<br \/>\nunconstitutional, void, and invalid as applied to women between the ages of 18 and<br \/>\n21.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full complaint can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flnd.96819\/gov.uscourts.flnd.96819.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) signed SB 7026, the Majory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act, into law today. 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