Florida makes gun restrictions illegal

[bnc]

So the state of Florida passed a law that made it illegal for localities to pass or enforce firearm restricting laws. Officials who pass such laws may be fined $5000 and removed from office. The law making local gun laws illegal has been around since the 80's, but wasn't previously enforced.

More here (and links within the article):

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/consti ... strictions

[Dave2]

The law making local gun laws illegal has been around since the 80's, but wasn't previously enforced.

Not enforced how? If Tampa illegally made something illegal, and I was arrested for breaking it, wouldn't "the law itself is illegal" be a valid defense?

[apostate]

Not enforced in the sense that there was no penalty for counties and municipalities who violated preemption. The new law puts some teeth in it.

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[RPB]

Seems kinda like Texas' Preemption law, but makes cities clean up their ordinances, or get fined, instead of the letter writing/ e-mails we have to send to educate the cities to remove signs and update parks ordinances etc