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Ask Your Sheriff to Support Open Carry
The Florida Sheriffs Association voted in secret and announced that there are 47 unidentified Sheriffs opposing Open Carry.

You deserve to know where your Sheriff stands.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey and Rep. Matt Gaetz Brief the Press on Open Carry Bill

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen yesterday came out in favor of open carry.  He also explained that any issues with the current bill's language could be dealt with over time. He said as an officer sworn to uphold the Constitution, open carry came down to supporting the Second Amendment.

So far, we are aware of six Sheriffs who have chosen to defend Second Amendment rights by supporting Open Carry.

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen
Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey
Nassau County Sheriff William Leeper
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco
Wakulla County Sheriff Charlie Creel

On the other hand, the Florida Sheriffs Association is fighting against Open Carry, often using questionable and outright false "facts".They are also keeping you in the dark about which Elected Officials voted against your right to bear arms.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who also acts as the Florida Sheriff's Association legislative committee chairman, has been very vocal in the press against open carry. He also makes a great point...
"Every sheriff is welcome to speak to whoever they want to on what their feelings are or how they voted," Gualtieri said. "They could be asked individually..."

Good Idea Sheriff!

Please contact your Sheriff using the email addresses below and ask if they support or oppose Florida becoming the 46th Open Carry State.

Don't forget to thank Sheriffs Ivey, Smith, Creel, Nocco, Leeper, and McKeithen for standing up for our Second Amendment rights.
 
Alachua County
Sheriff Sadie Darnell
 
Baker County
Sheriff Joey B. Dobson
 
Bay County
Sheriff Frank McKeithen
 
Bradford County
Sheriff Gordon Smith
 
Brevard County
Sheriff Wayne Ivey
 
Broward County
Sheriff Scott Israel
 
Calhoun County
Sheriff Glenn Kimbrel
 
Charlotte County
Sheriff Bill Prummell
 
Citrus County
Sheriff Jeffrey J. Dawsy
 
Clay County
Sheriff Rick Beseler
 
Collier County
Sheriff Kevin J. Rambosk
 
Columbia County
Sheriff Mark A. Hunter
 
DeSoto County
Sheriff William P. Wise
 
Dixie County
Sheriff Dewey H. Hatcher
 
Escambia County
Sheriff David Morgan
 
Flagler County
Sheriff James Manfre
 
Franklin County
Sheriff Mike Mock
 
Gadsden County
Sheriff Morris A. Young
 
Gilchrist County
Sheriff Robert Schultz III
 
Glades County
Sheriff Stuart K. Whiddon
 
Gulf County
Sheriff Mike Harrison
 
Hamilton County
Sheriff Harrell J. Reid
 
Hardee County
Sheriff Arnold Lanier
 
Hendry County
Sheriff Stephen H. Whidden
 
Hernando County
Sheriff Al Nienhuis
 
Highlands County
Sheriff Susan Benton
 
Hillsborough County
Sheriff David A. Gee
 
Holmes County
Sheriff Tim Brown
 
Indian River County
Sheriff Deryl B. Loar
 
Jackson County
Sheriff Lou Roberts
 
Jacksonville
Sheriff Mike Williams
 
Jefferson County
Sheriff David C. Hobbs
 
Lafayette County
Sheriff Brian N. Lamb
 
Lake County
Sheriff Gary S. Borders
 
Lee County
Sheriff Mike Scott
 
Leon County
Sheriff Mike Wood
 
Levy County
Sheriff Bobby McCallum
 
Liberty County
Sheriff Nick Finch
 
Madison County
Sheriff Benjamin Stewart
 
Manatee County
Sheriff W. Brad Steube
 
Marion County
Sheriff Chris Blair
 
Martin County
Sheriff William Snyder
 
Monroe County
Sheriff Richard Ramsay
 
Nassau County
Sheriff William Leeper
 
Okaloosa County
Sheriff Larry R. Ashley
 
Okeechobee County
Sheriff Paul C. May
 
Orange County
Sheriff Jerry L. Demings
 
Osceola County
Sheriff Robert E. Hansell
 
Palm Beach County
Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw
 
Pasco County
Sheriff Chris Nocco
 
Pinellas County
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri
 
Polk County, SOC
Sheriff Grady C. Judd, Jr.
 
Putnam County
Sheriff Jeff Hardy
 
Santa Rosa County
Sheriff O. Wendell Hall
 
Sarasota County
Sheriff Thomas Knight
 
Seminole County
Sheriff Donald F. Eslinger
 
St. Johns County
Sheriff David B. Shoar
4015 Lewis Speedway
 
St. Lucie County
Sheriff Ken J. Mascara
 
Sumter County
Sheriff William O. Farmer, Jr.
 
Suwannee County
Sheriff Tony G. Cameron
 
Taylor County
Sheriff L.E. Williams
 
Union County
Sheriff Brad Whitehead
 
Volusia County
Sheriff Ben F. Johnson
 
Wakulla County
Sheriff Charlie Creel
 
Walton County
Sheriff Michael A. Adkinson, Jr.
 
Washington County
Sheriff Bobby Haddock

Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith on Open Carry
Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith on Open Carry


Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey on Open Carry
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey on Open Carry


Contact the committee members NOW!!!

Florida Carry needs you to contact the committee members by email to let them know gun owning and carrying voters care about their fundamental rights. Apathy is the weakness of the individual, and without active individuals, we cannot be effective!!!

 PLEASE IMMEDIATELY EMAIL Members of the House and Senate Criminal Justice Committees URGE THEM TO SUPPORT SB 300 & SB 344

In the "Subject" line put:

SUPPORT SB 300 Weapons and Firearms and SB 344 Justifiable Use or Threatened Use of Defensive Force

In the "To" line, copy and paste:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]


Suggested Message: (or share your own)

I urge you to support SB 300 and SB 344 in the upcoming Criminal Justice Committee meeting. As constitutionally elected officials, you have an obligation to place rights above personal bias and misinformation. Both these bills speak to the very root of fundamental rights as individuals, and are crucial to the way in which we will view other fundamental rights such as free speech and protection from unreasonable searches. 

Please vote favorably on both SB 300 and SB 344.

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Florida Carry, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the fundamental rights of all Floridians to keep and bear arms for self-defense as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 2 and 8 of the Florida Constitution. Florida Carry stands to represent our supporters, members, and millions of defensive arms owners of Florida. We are not beholden to any national organization's agenda that may compromise that mission.

 

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