Speaking of juries, SB616 would allow for an open carry licensee to bring a firearm into any courthouse, which would be temporarily surrendered to security personnel at the courthouse and held in a secure location until the licensee was exiting the facility. Steube contends that given the heated, emotional nature of trying cases as an attorney, they should be able to bring firearms to the courthouse with them. Considering that any foe or adversary upset by an attorney’s performance just beyond the doors of a courthouse, Steube has received fairly strong support for this bill thus far. It was read on March 29th in the Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee and is currently awaiting further action.
SB618 would allow for open carry licensees to bring firearms into an airport, except the ‘sterile area’. The ‘sterile area’ refers to areas that provide passengers access to boarding aircraft and to which the access generally is controlled by TSA. In laymen’s terms, the area beyond the TSA security checkpoints and baggage checks would be the only area an open carry licensee couldn’t bring a firearm. Coming only a short time after the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting, this legislation has received mixed and controversial reviews.
Originally posted 2017-04-04 02:37:03.
