TheGunMag – The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation
  • Home
  • ABOUT US
    • COLUMNISTS

BREAKING: Fla. Senate Passes Permitless Carry, Bill to Gov. DeSantis

Posted By TGM_Staff On Thursday, March 30, 2023 05:32 PM. Under Breaking News, Concealed carry, Featured, SAF Investigative Journalism, Second Amendment  
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

By Lee Williams

SAF Investigative Journalism Project

By a party-line vote of 27 to 13, the Florida Senate passed a bill Thursday authorizing the unlicensed concealed-carry of handguns. 

The state House passed a similar bill last week, also along party lines.

The bill is now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has already promised to sign the legislation, which has an effective date of July 1.

The bill removes the need for a license from the government to carry concealed firearms, and it does away with the state’s training requirement.

During the debate, Democratic senators issued dire warnings, claiming that Florida would become the “Wild West,” and that the bill would impact the state’s minority communities hardest.

The bill’s sponsor, Florida Senator Jay Collins, a Republican who represents Hillsborough County, told the Senate of his service as a Green Beret and the evil he encountered overseas. His legislation, Collins said, made it easier for law-abiding Floridians to defend themselves here at home.

Collins, a Purple Heart recipient, scoffed at the claims by some of his Democratic colleagues who claimed the bill would make it easier for criminals to carry weapons.

“You cannot legislate those who operate outside the law,” he said.

Gov. DeSantis has not yet said when he intends to sign the legislation, which would make Florida the 26th state — the majority state — to allow unlicensed or constitutional carry.

← Dems Want to Spend Millions on Research; Gun Rights Group Says ‘Act Now’
Indirect Aiming with The Heavy Machinegun →
  • Useful Gun Owner Links
    • Armed American Radio
    • Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)
    • Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (DRGO)
    • International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR)
    • Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
    • Keep And Bear Arms (KABA)
    • Polite Society Podcast
    • Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
    • Tom Gresham's Gun Talk
    • US Concealed Carry Association
  • ADVERTISEMENT
  • ARCHIVES
  • ABOUT US
Copyright © 2025. All Rights Reserved.