Florida Open Carry Bill – Plug Pulled, It’s Dead
© 2016 by Phillip Evans
United States -(AmmoLand.com)- Republican Senate Judiciary Chairman Miguel Diaz de la Portilla is a happy guy.
He single-handedly (with the approval of his boss, Republican Senate President Andy Gardiner) killed SB 300, letting it die in committee by refusing to allow it an up or down vote by committee members.
“Open carry is not going to happen; it’s done…On all of these gun bills, I don’t believe any of them are necessary. They could result in unintended consequences. I think we need to prioritize in our committee, as far as what we hear. We can’t hear every bill that’s referred to us,” said Diaz de la Portilla.
There you have it. He purposely held the bills back not because he thought they didn’t have the votes to pass, but because he personally did not like them (Campus Carry, and Airport Carry in non-secure areas being the other two).
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