Florida Gun Laws The state of Florida does not require that individuals
purchasing rifles, handguns, or shotguns acquire permits. Registration
of rifles, shotguns, and handguns is also unnecessary. The licensing of
a firearm owner is not needed in the case of handguns, shotguns, and
rifles. Permits are not necessary to carry shotguns or rifles, but a
permit is necessary to carry a handgun.
However it is illegal for a convicted felon to have possession of any
kind of firearm or to carry a concealed weapon unless all his or her
civil rights have been restored. Alcoholics, drug addicts, vagrants,
and mentally incompetent individuals are also unlawful to possess or
carry firearms. If an individual has been issued a final injunction
that is currently in effect and force that restrains him or her due to
domestic violence, he or she is not lawful to have a firearm in his or
her custody or possession. Selling, giving, bartering, lending, or
transferring a firearm to a minor under the age of eighteen without
parental consent is illegal in the state of Florida. Florida law states
that selling a firearm, Springfield rifle, pistol to a minor is illegal.
Florida Gun Carrying Laws In Florida the only individuals who are allowed to carry a
firearm or a concealed weapon without a license include those who have
firearms at their place of business or home; target, skeet, or
trapshooting clubs when transferring from one place to another; club
members who collect modern and antique firearms while transferring from
one place to another; those going to and from an activity such as
hunting, camping, or fishing; those engaging in safe target shooting;
those firing firearms in a secure indoor ranges; military and law
enforcement personnel; and those dealing, repairing, or manufacturing
firearms.
It is in fact lawful to possess a concealed firearm without a license
for self-defense purposes within the interior of private conveyance if
the firearm is not readily accessible for immediate use or is securely
encased.
Acquiring a License
The Department of Agriculture will issue licenses under certain
conditions that include a person is at least twenty-one years of age, a
US citizen, has no mental or physical infirmity that would prevent safe
handling, has not been convicted of a felony, has not been convicted of
violence or drug related crimes in the three-year period, is not
chronically drunk, has not been adjudicated guilty for a crime, and
states that carrying a firearm is for the means of self-defense.
Restoring Florida Gun Rights After a conviction has been completed, an individual who has
been convicted of a past crime may apply for the restoration of his or
her civil rights. These rights include the right to vote, the right to
hold public office, and the right to bear arms. Restoring civil rights
and the specific restoration of the right to possess firearms cannot
happen at the same time. Civil rights must be restored first and
afterward an individual can request the Florida's Office of Executive
Clemency to grant a request for possessing a firearm.