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Steube Abandons Comprehensive Open Carry Bill in Favor of Smaller Proposals

January 24, 2017 - 9:30pm
Greg Steube
Greg Steube

Sen. Greg Steube says he’s not moving forward with a comprehensive proposal to legalize open carry in the Sunshine State.

Steube made the announcement after Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, where he sits as chair. Open carry as a whole isn’t totally off the table, though. Steube said he would instead file several different, smaller gun measures, which would still tick several proposals he has long pushed off of his legislative checklist.

"Instead of looking at it as a huge comprehensive bill, we're going to try to do it piecemeal," Steube told the Miami Herald. "Just from feeling the tea leaves, it's probably better to attack it piece by piece."

Steube’s original proposal, SB 140, would have lifted some “gun free” zones in Florida where carrying firearms is prohibited, even for concealed carry permit holders. 

If passed, the bill would have allow Florida's 1.7 million CCW permit holders to openly carry their firearms. The more sweeping part of the measure, however, would eliminate gun-free zones in places like secondary schools, local centers and government meeting areas. Airports are also included.

Steube said the smaller bills would focus on some of his larger priorities, like lifting the ban on campus carry and on allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry their firearms in airports. 

Carrying firearms in airports became a hot button issue after a mass shooting in the Fort Lauderdale Airport which left five dead and six injured. Steube said the massacre only bolstered the case for allowing concealed carry permit holders to bring their firearms into airports.

“The situation at the airport further puts a big spotlight on the fact that gun free zones and laws that prevent law abiding citizens to carry.. the only person that protects is the criminal,” Steube told Sunshine State News earlier this month. 

Steube has long been a supporter of Second Amendment rights and many of his bills have gathered widespread support from pro-gun groups like Florida Carry and the National Rifle Association. 

Sunshine State News contacted Sen. Steube for further comment but he had not responded to phone calls at the time of this article’s release. 

 

Reach reporter Allison Nielsen by email at allison@sunshinestatenews.com or follow her on Twitter: @AllisonNielsen.

 

Comments

The only solution to this "open carry" dilemma is to be "constantly" on your way to or from hunting; fishing, camping, or a shooting contest. Just keep a sufficient amount of "appropriate" gear with you as you travel to/from these venues. I feel your pain, I am in the "gold star" open carry state of NORTH CAROLINA.

People are sick of this gun craziness. Those of us that are not wanting to always be carrying guns around and using them do not like the idea of everyone having a gun, carrying them around and sticking them in our face. So, maybe people are giving Stuebe a piece of their mind. I hope so.

Interesting remark. So, let us look at facts. Georgia is open carry. I go to Georgia at least once a month. I see maybe one or two people up there with their guns in open carry. The facts are that open carry protects the gun owner from being charged if the gun is accidentally made visible to someone like you that then calls the cops to arrest the gun owner. We have a concealed gun law here. If you see my gun or its outline you could get me arrested. So, let me make a suggestion to you. If you are ever involved with a robbery don't ask someone with a concealed carry permit then to protect you. Knowing how you think I would provide no help to you. 45 states are now open carry and some require no permit at all and you don't hear of any problems with them.

BUT, should the need arise "Catherine", I WILL "save my own ass" (any yours too, if necessary....although, I would prefer you save your own... either with your OWN gun, or the promise of sex; which some rapists, muggers, "Illegal Alien Invaders" and psychopaths prefer...).

Oh please. Catherine, how many times has a gun been stuck on your face? If cannot debate honestly, then why should anyone listen to you?

Open carry means I don't go to jail for accidentally exposing my concealed firearm which I legally possess. 54 states allow open carry. How often have you seen anyone walking around with a gun on their hip during your travels? How about never. Keep fighting for our second amendment rights, Greg.

Fifty-four states ? (That would mean that means we have accomplished a long-time goal of mine, to annex Eastern Canada and the Maritimes). Otherwise, I agree with you wholeheartedly.

It was a typo. There are 45 states where open carry is legal.

OUTRAGEOUS! A rerun of 2016? We need to fight back and send this coward a message he works for the nearly 2 million CCW holders and their VOTING families!

Your posting here sounds very much like "trolling" by some gun-control enthusiast Steube is a stand-up guy, and you're trying to knock him down.

We may be reading this poorly written article the wrong way. I'm not sure if it says open carry is eliminated as part of his proposals. Let's not jump the gun, pardon my pun. Please, Greg. Elaborate for your second amendment voting public.

Yup, you're right "Cub reporter" Allison Nielson's middle name is "Poorly Written"; Her "slant" on "news" is usually either the result of poor reading comprehension, or outright ignorance...

She seems more slanted to liking liberalism. Warped?

Seems to me Steube has actually read the U.S. Constitution and is standing tall for the 2nd amendment.

As a combat veteran and a legislator, Sen. Steube swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. He, like I, do not believe there was any expiration date on that oath. Unfortunately, too many politicians abandon their oath as soon as their hand goes down.

Coward! He is being buried under emails, letters and phone calls so that he wont get back to you any time soon.

All he's doing is taking ten provisions in one bill, and breaking them up into several individual bills so that all the provisions are subject to being killed in one fell swoop. Smart, if you ask me.

Wow! Calling Stuebe a Coward? Ridiculous! Smart is the description I would use!

Sturbridge may be upstanding but we cannot tell his stance on OC this upcoming session from this article.

iPhones are not smart phones.

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