Friday, September 23, 2011

Franklin County schedules hearing to do away with local gun laws


            Franklin County commissioners have scheduled a public hearing for next month to do away with local gun laws.         

The governor signed a law this year that bans local governments from passing their own gun laws that means any local gun laws already on the books have to be removed.

The law was passed to make it easier for gun owners to travel from one part of Florida to another without worrying that they might be breaking a local gun law.

County commissioners locally and around the state say they don’t like losing their local authority but the punishment for not following the law is pretty harsh.

Punishments could include removal from office, a 5 million dollar fine for the county and a 5000 dollar fine for commissioners.

The public hearing has been scheduled for October the 18th.


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