cooter1955
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i want to know if i can carry my hand gun openly outside on my property and not on public property.
i want to know if i can carry my hand gun openly outside on my property and not on public property.
i want to know if i can carry my hand gun openly outside on my property and not on public property.
You cannot allow someone else to openly carry on your property though unless they are working for you.
Read the statutes, they are really clear.
GIdeon_70 wrote:You cannot allow someone else to openly carry on your property though unless they are working for you.
Read the statutes, they are really clear.
By open carry, we mean holstered weapon. Otherwise it could be construed as brandishing.
Why do you get the impression other people can't open carry on your property. It is, after all, private property, and the laws apply to public property e.g. a 9-year old could legally drive an unlicensed car on private proprty.
Just asking.
No such thing in Florida.Otherwise it could be construed as brandishing.
Maybe because it's illegal? Open carry is unlawful in Florida. That means everyone, everywhere, not just "Public property" Now there are some exceptions to this, like carrying at your home or place of business. There is no exception for someone to carry openly on property nottheir home or wherethey work. Even with permission of the person that owns that property.*Why do you get the impression other people can't open carry on your property. It is, after all, private property, and the laws apply to public property e.g. a 9-year old could legally drive an unlicensed car on private proprty.
Just out of curiosity, and this might help someone who reads the forums. In the state of Florida right now you can rent a house for almost as cheap as an apartment (in certain counties) so the question is this: If you are renting a house can you open carry because it is your home, or can you not open carry because it is not your property?
So, then, what you are saying is that if I were to openly carry a weapon on my private gun range on my private property, then, I am in violation of the "law"?
Really, now? I have never tried firing, loading, cleaning, or using my weapon when it was concealed. I guess one could, but, it would seem kind of cumbersome, at best.....
Since 1845 here in the State of Florida (that is when it became a state, by the way), most of the decent, law abiding (when we can recall all of the laws and decipher them from the lawyer jargon) citizens have exercised good judgment and common sense in the use of firearms.
That is not to say that a few malcontents and deranged individuals failed to do so. Some of those are still locked away for safe keeping, though.
Even before Florida became a state, individuals owned and responsibly used firearms here for hunting, sport shooting, and defense of persons and property. There has been quite a legal precedent set for common sense ownership and use of guns here.
Open carry was a way of life, common as a drink of water, until lately, when the PC crowd has decided to grace their presence upon us. Open carry by responsible citizens should be the norm, not the exception.
Not necessarily:So, then, what you are saying is that if I were to openly carry a weapon on my private gun range on my private property, then, I am in violation of the "law"?
Now if you are just walking around property you own in the woods somewhere (Not camping, fishing, hunting,involved in target practice, or other locations/circumstances listed in 790.053(3))then yes you would be in violation of the law.790.25(3)LAWFUL USES.--The provisions of ss.790.053 [General prohibition on Open Carry]and790.06 [License required to conceal carry] do not apply in the following instances, and, despite such sections, it is lawful for the following persons to own, possess, and lawfully use firearms and other weapons, ammunition, and supplies for lawful purposes:
. . .
j)A person firing weapons for testing or target practice under safe conditions and in a safe place not prohibited by law or going to or from such place;
. . .
But have fun proving it without being on tape.In criminal law, entrapment is when a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit an offense which the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability.
Nod and wink exceptions to entrapment.....But have fun proving it without being on tape.In criminal law, entrapment is when a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit an offense which the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability.
marrandy wrote:
First:
No such thing in Florida.
home (hm)n.1. A place where one lives; a residence.
2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
I would not want to be the test case for trying open carry in my own front yard in Florida. We have to get this fixed.
STAND UP!
Well your nit-picking now. Its brandishing in all but name.
790.10 Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms.
--If any person having or carrying any dirk, sword, sword cane, firearm, electric weapon or device, or other weapon shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit the same in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/weapons/self_defense.html also talks about the legality of "Never display a handgun to gain "leverage" in an argument."
I suppose I will have to add this...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brandishing
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brandishing