Bill Text: FL S1630 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Rules [S1630 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S1630-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                                    SM 1630
       
       
        
       By Senator Hutson
       
       
       
       
       
       7-01607B-21                                           20211630__
    1                           Senate Memorial                         
    2         A memorial to the Congress of the United States,
    3         expressing the consensus of the Florida Legislature
    4         that proposals forthcoming at the federal level to
    5         restrict the right to keep and bear arms violate the
    6         Constitution of the United States and affirming the
    7         intent of the Florida Legislature to do everything in
    8         its power to protect the rights of Florida residents
    9         under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the
   10         United States and under the Florida Constitution.
   11  
   12         WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the
   13  United States and Section 8, Article I of the Florida
   14  Constitution protect the individual right to keep and bear arms,
   15  and
   16         WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled
   17  that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep
   18  and bear arms commonly used for lawful purposes, and
   19         WHEREAS, the President of the United States has made clear
   20  his intent to press the United States Congress to pass
   21  legislation that would restrict the lawful acquisition and
   22  possession of firearms and ban many firearms commonly used for
   23  self-defense, hunting, competition, and target shooting, and
   24         WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States has
   25  recognized that the principles of separate sovereignty, as
   26  embodied in the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
   27  United States, prohibit the Federal Government from requiring
   28  the State of Florida or its officers to take part in any federal
   29  gun-control scheme, and
   30         WHEREAS, it is the duty of the State of Florida to exercise
   31  all of its lawful authority to protect the right of all Florida
   32  residents to keep and bear arms, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   34  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   36         That it is the consensus of the Florida Legislature that
   37  the President’s proposals to restrict the right to keep and bear
   38  arms of law-abiding citizens violates the Constitution of the
   39  United States.
   40         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida Legislature, on
   41  behalf of the State of Florida and residents of this state,
   42  intends to use all of its lawful authority and power to resist
   43  or overturn any federal gun-control measure that violates the
   44  right of Florida residents to keep and bear arms.
   45         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State dispatch
   46  copies of this memorial to the President of the United States,
   47  to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of
   48  the United States House of Representatives, and to each member
   49  of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.