Hurricane Seasons Coming, Floridians Grab Your Guns

By Patriot Outdoor News

When Hurricane Season begins on June 1st, if Floridians have to be evacuated not only will they be allowed to bring their children, their pets and their valuables but will also be allowed to legally carry their guns, even without a weapons permit.

With Gov. Rick Scott’s signature of SB 290, all lawful gun owners will be permitted to carry a concealed weapon if they are complying with a mandatory evacuation during a state of emergency.

Talk about common sense gun laws. While it is true that this isn’t the great leap to Constitutional Carry that we have seen in other states in recent years it is a quantum leap forward in retrospect to how gun owners were treated after Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.

As you may recall, after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the authorities, instead of confronting and arresting the roving bands of looters and rapists, decided to confiscate all the guns of law abiding citizens. We all remember how smooth that recovery went.

So it is with a fresh perspective that Florida has once again assured the rights of its citizens to protect themselves in a state of emergency even if they don’t have the “proper paperwork” to …read more

Source:: Patriot Outdoor News