[BobnBev]

Very scary new law. Gun permits are no longer required in Florida. There is still a waiting period to purchase a handgun if you don't have a CCW. Got to be a nightmare for Law Enforcement. Every person they stop is a potential shooter.

[Hardlyworking]

Criminals with guns don’t have permits. Who are you more worried about?

[Bogie Shooter]

[Get real]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Every person they stop is a potential shooter.

and has been since there were guns.

[Get real]

Well, it is Florida....

[ThirdOfFive]

Well, it was inevitable that The-Sky-Is-Falling folks were going to be weighing in today. It is, after all, the first day of Armageddon. Bodies in the streets. The Childerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn in even more mortal danger than they were on June 30. October 26, 1881 Tombstone, AZ will be remembered as an idyllic oasis compared to what Florida in general, and The Villages in particular, will become.

Except that we've heard it all before.

What will happen?

Nothing.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Very scary new law. Gun permits are no longer required in Florida. There is still a waiting period to purchase a handgun if you don't have a CCW. Got to be a nightmare for Law Enforcement. Every person they stop is a potential shooter.

Perhaps you haven’t been outside of Florida in a while. There are 25 other constitutional carry states besides Florida.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Hardlyworking

Criminals with guns don’t have permits. Who are you more worried about?

[D&BSmith]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Perhaps you haven’t been outside of Florida in a while. There are 25 other constitutional carry states besides Florida.

Almost half the Country.

Constitutional Carry States
Throughout the United States, each individual state legislature has their own select rule on constitutional carry and whether or not a permit is required to carry a handgun in public.

The states that allow permitless concealed carry for 21 year olds are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Some states make exceptions for those who are 18 years of age and in the military, allowing them to conceal carry without a permit, these states are: Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Other states allow permitless concealed carry for 18 year olds, these include: Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota (only for residents of the state however), South Dakota, and Vermont. Only one state allows concealed carry for 19 year olds, Missouri.

Both governors of Florida and Nebraska have recently signed a law that will also allow residents to conceal carry weapons without a permit.

List of states that allow for permitless concealed carry (PC), followed by age:

Alabama – PC 21 years old
Alaska – PC 21 years old
Arizona – PC 21 years old
Arkansas – PC 18 years old
Georgia – PC 21 years old or 18 for military
Idaho – PC 18 years old
Indiana – PC 18 years old
Iowa – PC 21 years old
Kansas – PC 21 years old
Kentucky – PC 21 years old
Maine – PC 21 years old
Mississippi – PC 18 years old
Missouri – PC 19 years old or 18 for military
Montana – PC 18 years old
New Hampshire – PC 18 years old
North Dakota – PC 18 years old for residents only
Ohio – PC 21 years old
Oklahoma – PC 21 years old or 18 for military
South Dakota – PC 18 years old
Tennessee – PC 21 years old or 18 for military
Texas – PC 21 years old
Utah – PC 21 years old
Vermont – PC 18 years old
West Virginia – PC 21 years old
Wyoming – PC 21 years old

[Maker]

One could move to Chicago or New York City or Detroit if highly restrictive gun control laws make you feel safer.

[mraines]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Very scary new law. Gun permits are no longer required in Florida. There is still a waiting period to purchase a handgun if you don't have a CCW. Got to be a nightmare for Law Enforcement. Every person they stop is a potential shooter.

This, combined with Florida's stand your ground law make Florida a dangerous place.

[n8xwb]

I believe your assumptions are false. " Every person they stop is a potential shooter..."

The July 1 concealed carry changes makes no difference. Every person they stop has always been a potential shooter! Do you think that criminals have chosen to not carry a weapon because they don't have a permit???? If you do, you are sadly mistaken!!!

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by mraines

This, combined with Florida's stand your ground law make Florida a dangerous place.

In what way?

[Hardlyworking]

Originally Posted by mraines

This, combined with Florida's stand your ground law make Florida a dangerous place.

If you can’t protect yourself, your family, your property, who is going to do that? The police? They aren’t there to protect you. When seconds count, the police are minutes away. The only people who are in danger Florida’s stand your ground law are criminals. I have zero sympathy or compassion for them.

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by Hardlyworking

Criminals with guns don’t have permits. Who are you more worried about?

I'm worried about all the old drunks in The Villages who can now carry guns. Can you think road rage?