New Florida Law Allows Some Paramedics To Carry For Their Own Safety

By Tom Knighton

When people need an ambulance, they need an ambulance. It doesn’t matter what part of town it is or what else may be going on. If someone calls, they go. The ambulance crew doesn’t get to pick when and where they’ll go. They just do it.

However, rules tend to require them to be disarmed while doing it.

The thinking has always been, they’re there to save lives, not take them. The problem with that is that the other guys don’t necessarily get the same memo, thus putting the ambulance crews’ lives at risk.

Now, a new Florida law seeks to change that.

A new law allowing medics to carry a gun when responding to high-risk situations such as active gunman incidents and drug raids went into effect Monday.

Florida House Bill 487, which was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on June 7, states that while accompanying either a police SWAT or special-response unit, tactical medical professionals may carry firearms in the same manner as a law-enforcement officer.

The new law requires the paramedics to have concealed-weapons licenses and for law enforcement agencies to establish training and deployment policies.

It’s not ideal in my …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms