Source: https://www.floridacarry.org/litigation?start=10
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 16:57:27+00:00

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Litigation - Florida Carry, Inc.
Freeman & Florida Carry v. City of Tampa, et al Defense of civil rights of Florida Carry members for multiple violations by Tampa and its agents. Victory - Qualified Immunity Denied. Case settled.
GeorgiaCarry.Org v. US Army Corps of Engineers Florida Carry Amicus to 11th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to strike down Corps of Eng. Gun Ban - Filed Nov 12th, 2014 Remanded to lower court.
1)Police refuse to return firearms seized during illegal search of Veteran's home.
2) Preemption of City's policy depriving gun owner of firearms without due process.
3) City Counter Suit seeking authority to retain property without due process.
Florida Carry v. City of Leesburg Preemption of City's ordinance regulating firearms despite state law. 1) on Appeal to 5th DCA.
2) Victory - Ordinance Repealed after case was filed.
Bretherick v. State Florida Carry Amicus to Florida Supreme Court on Burden of Proof in Defensive Immunity Hearings. Those who use self-defense are treated as "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" by being required to bear the burden of proof at immunity hearings.
Our Amicus raised a constitutional issue that was not used in the lower court that the court of appeal noted but did not rule on due to procedural issues.
Florida Carry v. St. Petersburg College Preemption and constitutional challenge of college's policies regulating firearms possession in private vehicles and non-lethal electronic defensive weapons on campus. Filed Mar 3rd, 2014 Victory - Policies changed. Case settled.
Florida Carry v. Eastern FL State Preemption and constitutional challenge of college's policies regulating firearms possession in private vehicles. Filed Feb 3rd, 2014 Victory - Policies changed four days after case filed. Case settled.
Florida Carry v. UNF, 133 So.3d 966 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (En Banc) Preemption of university's policy regulating firearms possession in private vehicles and threat of criminal enforcement despite state law. Victory - Univ. regulation of firearms violates preemption and RKBA.
Mackey v. State, 124 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 2013) Amicus to Florida Supreme Court arguing that concealed carry with a license can not be assumed to be a crime. Victory - Carry alone is not cause for a Terry Stop. Law Changed in 2015 to make concealed carry licensure an element of the crime of unlicensed concealed carry.
Florida Carry is involved in multiple cases in order to protect the self-defense, arms, personal property, sporting, privacy, and association rights of Floridians. Attorneys should refer also to our free Legal Services Section for assistance on current cases.
Motivated by the filing of this lawsuit by Florida Carry, the Leesburg City Commission repealed their illegal anti-gun ordinance .
On October 3rd, 2011 Florida Carry, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the University of North Florida (UNF), seeking a permanent injunction to stop the university from enforcing its unlawful ban on firearms and other defensive weapons. We also asked for a court order to repeal their unlawful regulations and remove all preempted signs/publications. Since 1987 the Florida Legislature has preempted firearms law and issued statewide licenses to carry for self-defense. Since 1985 it has been legal for adults to securely store firearms in their cars, even without a state license, on college campuses.
Florida Carry filed this case on behalf of Florida Gun Owners and our members. One such member, Alexandria Lainez, is a single mother who has received extensive training in firearms and self-defense to be prepared to protect herself and her young child should that horrible need arise. Alexandria is a full time student at UNF and worries that she has to choose between her family's safety and her education on a daily basis while attending college.
On November 11th, 2011 we filed for a Temporary Injunction to protect students' Right to Bear Arms in their own vehicles, as recognized under Florida law, while the case is pending. After months of waiting for a ruling, we notified the court that this issue should be treated as a priority case. Florida Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Haddock immediately issued an order that was published April 4th, 2012. He simply signed the defense's suggested draft order denying the injunction and then dismissing the case.
Judge Haddock’s woefully under-considered ruling effectively held that Florida colleges, universities, and private corporations that run all manner of “Schools” have the authority to create a felony “Defense Free, Anti-Gun Zone” at will, without legislative oversight or accountability.
The Legislature made it legal to have a securely encased firearm safely stored in a private vehicle parked on campus. Despite this clear statutory language, the court today ruled that, it then gave all schools the authority opt-out of the statute’s provisions to make what the Legislature had declared legal a third degree felony.
In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(5); except that school districts may adopt written and published policies that waive the exception in this subparagraph for purposes of student and campus parking privileges.
Since the statute does provide a definition of “school district” or “refer to the Florida Constitution” Judge Haddock refused to interpret “school district” to mean “school district” as it is defined in the Florida Constitution or even as it is commonly understood by other courts or the people.
After deciding that the Florida Constitution is an insufficient source for a legal definition, Judge Haddock then ignored US Supreme Court precedent and looked to Senate Floor Debate between a few legislators discussing part of a law which passed 11 years earlier; legislation that the cited legislators did not even take part in.
In fact, the Florida Legislature refused to pass a provision in 1997 that would have had the same effect that Judge Haddock’s ruling did today. Instead, the legislature’s 1997’s K-12 School Violence Bill limited the ability to create a felony for possessing a securely encased handgun in your car to the publicly elected officials of School Districts. That entire 1997 bill, HB 1039, was passed to establish “Zero Tolerance” laws that only impacted K-12 Schools.
Judges, attorneys, legislators, and the people of Florida know very well that it would be an unconstitutional grant of authority to allow non-elected bureaucrats and company owners to create a felony. That’s exactly what Judge Haddock has now ruled that all schools in Florida can do. Even private “schools” run by for-profit corporations would be able to create a felony by just publishing a waiver to Florida law.
No judge has the authority to take few moments of Floor Debate and use them to replace and ignore clear statutory language, the legislature’s expressed (written) intent, and even provisions of the Florida Constitution. We look forward to our appeal of this monstrously unprecedented example of judicial activism.
Just the day before the Florida ruling, the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned an eerily similar decision. The Kentucky ruling was based on laws that were based on, and are almost identical to, Florida’s gun laws. The right to securely store a handgun in vehicles parked in student parking has been upheld in Kentucky using many of the same arguments we have put forth.
Early on April 26th 2012, before the Kentucky decision was even known, we notified the lower court that we are appealing this case to the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. Decisions of the DCA are binding throughout the state and we will now move to resolve over 15 years of widespread abuse by Florida colleges and universities of the right to bear arms.
12/10/2013 Update - Lower Court decision reversed, Florida Carry, Inc. v. University of North Florida, 133 So.3d 966 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013)(En Banc). 1DCA En Banc Decision - Florida Carry Win!!!
12/10/2013 1DCA En Banc Decision - Florida Carry Win!!!

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