Prometheus wrote:
I may be moving back to Florida (I'm a native).
I do not look forward to going back to Florida's draconian gun laws.
Having lived in Indiana for 8 years now I've got a lifetime License to Carry (cost all of 60 bucks) andthere is no law against the carry of longarms (open, concealed, loaded, unloaded).
I do NOT look forward to having to go back to constant concealed carry, nor the insane fees for the CWL. $180 bucks for 5 years IIRC. Thats highway robbery. Not to mention the 3 month wait as opposed to 2 weeks in Indiana.
Not to mention you can't get a CWL until you are 21 in Florida, in Indiana it's 18.
Up here we will soon be pushing for Vermont style carry, No permits or licenses.
That's what Florida needs.
Florida is WAY behind the curve in gun laws and Rights. Time for them to join the 21st century.
Amen, bro. Sing it.
Dude, I know Indiana has its negatives, but if you're into guns, I mean, really into guns, Florida sucks compared to Indiana.
In the Midwest, the gun stores generally have this mellow "Howya' doin'" Good Ole Boy vibe, while in Florida, so many of the guys working the gun stores have this goofy cop/military attitude. They act almost like the gun store is a police office adjunct.
The military vibe in the stores down here is not the surplus-store vibe of the Midwest, either, where the store is outfitting survivalists and independent types with tents, camp stoves, subversive literature, and MREs. The military vibe in the stores here is this really eerie authoritiarian thing, like everyone is practicing for a building entry. It's kinda creepy.
They're also really unfriendly to open carry. Stop into a few gun stores, and drop the topic of open carry. Nobody picks it up. All they want is CCW.
They also know almost nothing about competition shooting, and it's nigh impossible to get reloading components or gear, except for the shotgun facilities which are pretty good, in the main.
As an example, I once called every gun range in my area and asked if they allowed cast bullets to be shot (in the Midwest, I wouldn't have to ask), and not one store even knew what a cast bullet was.