Posted August 1, 2019 5:00 pm by Comments

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is demanding Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody drop their appeal of a recent judicial ruling gutting the state’s firearms preemption law. A Tallahassee judge recently ruled that localities and officials who violate the state’s firearm preemption law cannot be fined or removed from office for their overreach, even though the law allows for those sanctions. Fried, who is in charge of the state’s concealed carry system, says not only should the case be dropped, but that individual rights should take a back seat to the desires of local politicians.

A gunowner, she said the lawsuit and appeal is not about Second Amendment Rights but about home rule – allowing local governments to exercise their rights to govern.

“Given the tragedies our communities have faced, they deserve the right to make those decisions for themselves without Tallahassee officials getting in the way,” said Fried. “Our state shouldn’t threaten local elected mayors and council members with fines, lawsuits, and removal from office for doing their job.”

As an aside, don’t you love how they let everybody know she’s a gun owner? You never see “Rep. So-and-so, who supports …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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