Now this one is weird to me, does it not say on the 3rd to last that I bold and underlined that if
you or I had arms at home or at our place of business we can open carry anywhere. or am I trying to hard?????
Certain persons under particular circumstances are exempt from the limitations on the open carry
of weapons in s. 790.053, F.S., and the concealed firearm carry licensure requirements in
s. 790.06, F.S., when the weapons and firearms are lawfully owned, possessed, and used. These
persons and circumstances include:
Members of the Militia, National Guard, Florida State Defense Force, Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, organized reserves, and other armed forces of the state
and of the United States, when on duty, when training or preparing themselves for military
duty, or while subject to recall or mobilization;
Citizens of this state subject to duty in the Armed Forces under s. 2, Art. X of the State
Constitution, under chs. 250 and 251, F.S., and under federal laws, when on duty or when
training or preparing themselves for military duty;
Persons carrying out or training for emergency management duties under ch. 252, F.S.;
Sheriffs, marshals, prison or jail wardens, police officers, Florida highway patrol officers,
game wardens, revenue officers, forest officials, special officers appointed under the
provisions of ch. 354, F.S., and other peace and law enforcement officers and their deputies
and assistants and full-time paid peace officers of other states and of the Federal Government
who are carrying out official duties while in this state;
Officers or employees of the state or United States duly authorized to carry a concealed
weapon;
Guards or messengers of common carriers, express companies, armored car carriers, mail
carriers, banks, and other financial institutions, while actually employed in and about the
shipment, transportation, or delivery of any money, treasure, bullion, bonds, or other thing of
value within this state;
Regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive
weapons from the United States or from this state, or regularly enrolled members of clubs
organized for target, skeet, or trap shooting, while at or going to or from shooting practice; or
regularly enrolled members of clubs organized for modern or antique firearms collecting,
while such members are at or going to or from their collectors’ gun shows, conventions, or
exhibits;
A person engaged in fishing, camping, or lawful hunting or going to or returning from a
fishing, camping, or lawful hunting expedition;
A person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms, or the
agent or representative of any such person while engaged in the lawful course of such
business;
A person firing weapons for testing or target practice under safe conditions and in a safe
place not prohibited by law or going to or from such place;
A person firing weapons in a safe and secure indoor range for testing and target practice;
A person traveling by private conveyance when the weapon is securely encased or in a public
conveyance when the weapon is securely encased and not in the person’s manual possession;
A person while carrying a pistol unloaded and in a secure wrapper, concealed or otherwise,
from the place of purchase to his or her home or place of business or to a place of repair or
back to his or her home or place of business;
A person possessing arms at his or her home or place of business; and
Investigators employed by the public defenders and capital collateral regional counsel of the
state, while actually carrying out official duties.
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