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Originally Posted by Cybersprings

This is just one more good example of the faulty logic of the anti-2nd amendment movement.

1. Florida law 790.151 prohibits carrying a firearm while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.
2. If someone would break the law and carry while drinking when no permit is required, they would break the law and carry with a permit.
3. You could argue, but no one is going to check or enforce that.
4. But they will not enforce it any less than if there was a requirement to have a permit
5. If it is concealed (Florida Law) then how does it possibly hurt you, you wouldn't even know it was there. You would only know it was there if they were drinking and pulled the gun out. Then the problem is not that they are carrrying concealed, but that they are brandishing a firearm which is already illegal.

The point has no merit whatsoever.

You should read 790.151 more carefully. Concealed carry while under the influence is not prohibited by that statute.

Regardless of the statute, your response misses the point. We require some level of training before allowing someone to pilot a vehicle on our roadways - a device that when used as intended will cause no one any harm. Permitless carry will now allow someone to carry a handgun in public with no training - a device that when used as intended will end someone's life.

We have a serious problem in America with lack of self control. Lack of self control plus lack of training plus loaded weapons is a really frightening mix.