Table of Contents (6th edition)
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: | xi |
| FORWARD: | xiii |
| INTRODUCTION: | xv |
| CHAPTER ONE: THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS: | 1 |
| THE BILL OF RIGHTS: | 1 |
| THE SECOND AMENDMENT: | 1 |
| A WELL REGULATED MILITIA: | 1 |
| THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS: | 3 |
| A WARNING ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION: | 4 |
| FLORIDA’S RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS: | 5 |
| PREEMPTION LAW: | 5 |
| STATISTICAL DATA ON USE OF FIREARMS: | 6 |
| THE EXTENSION OF THE POWERS OF CONGRESS: | 7 |
| A BRIEF LESSON IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | 8 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION ON FIREARMS SALES: | 12 |
| CHAPTER TWO: QUALIFICATIONS FOR PURCHASING, OR POSSESSION OF FIREARMS: | 15 |
| DEFINITION OF A "FIREARM"?: | 15 |
| ANTIQUE FIREARMS & OTHER EXCEPTIONS: | 16 |
| OTHER EXCLUDED DEVICES: | 20 |
| AGE ON PURCHASES FROM A FIREARMS DEALER: | 20 |
| JUVENILE FELONY OFFENDER: | 21 |
| AGE FOR NON-DEALER PURCHASE: | 21 |
| PURCHASES UNDER 18 YEARS OLD WITH PERMISSION: | 21 |
| PURCHASES DISALLOWED, EVEN WITH PERMISSION: | 22 |
| USE DISALLOWED EXCEPT UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION: | 22 |
| YOUTH HANDGUN SAFETY AMENDMENT: | 23 |
| SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT AGE: | 23 |
| RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS: | 25 |
| LEGAL OUT-OF-STATE PURCHASE BY NON-FFL: | 26 |
| DUAL RESIDENCE: | 28 |
| PURCHASE BY ALIENS: | 28 |
| LEGAL DISABILITIES PREVENTING PURCHASE: | 29 |
| FLORIDA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTIONS: | 32 |
| PURCHASE FROM A LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER: | 32 |
| FLORIDA FIREARMS PURCHASE PROGRAM: | 33 |
| ARREST FOR "DANGEROUS" CRIME: | 34 |
| CHART OF ARRESTS PREVENTING FDLE APPROVAL: | 35 |
| WARNING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES: | 35 |
| STATE DISABILITIES RECOGNIZED BY FEDERAL LAW: | 36 |
| PERSON ON FLORIDA PROBATION: | 36 |
| DENIAL FOR FELONY RECORD: | 37 |
| THREE YEAR WAITING PERIOD: | 38 |
| WAITING PERIOD FOR HANDGUN PURCHASES: | 38 |
| CHART OF PERMITTED/NON-PERMITTED SALES: | 40 |
| CHAPTER THREE: WHAT TO DO AFTER THEY TURN YOU DOWN: | 41 |
| THE APPROVAL (OR DISAPPROVAL) PROCESS: | 41 |
| IDENTIFICATION NEEDED TO PURCHASE: | 42 |
| THE COMPUTER CHECK BY FDLE: | 42 |
| HOW THE FDLE CALL-IN SYSTEM OPERATES: | 42 |
| WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COMPUTERS ARE DOWN: | 43 |
| PROBLEMS WITH MIS-IDENTIFICATION: | 44 |
| APPROVAL, OR NON-APPROVAL NUMBERS FROM FDLE: | 45 |
| APPEAL PROCEDURE & CRIMINAL HISTORY REVIEW: | 45 |
| A QUICK HINT: | 46 |
| THE BRADY ACT & NICS: | 46 |
| CHAPTER FOUR: REMOVAL OF LEGAL DISABILITIES: | 49 |
| EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY: | 49 |
| EXPLANATION OF FORMS OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY: | 50 |
| WAIVER: | 52 |
| REAPPLICATION: | 53 |
| CHART ON EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY APPLICATION: | 53 |
| SOME LIMITATIONS ON PARDON POWER: | 53 |
| FEDERAL RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS: | 54 |
| EXPUNCTIONS IN FLORIDA: | 54 |
| CHAPTER FIVE: FLORIDA CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT: | 57 |
| WEAPONS COVERED BY LICENSE: | 58 |
| QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CONCEALED PERMIT: | 58 |
| COMPLETING THE APPLICATION PROCESS: | 62 |
| RECIPROCITY: | 64 |
| PROHIBITED PLACES WITH CONCEALED PERMIT: | 65 |
| LICENSE VIOLATIONS: | 69 |
| LOST LICENSES, OR CHANGE OF ADDRESS: | 69 |
| SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF YOUR PERMIT: | 70 |
| HOW YOU CAN CARRY CONCEALED: | 72 |
| WHY CONCEALED PERMITS ARE THE BEST: | 73 |
| CONCEALED WEAPONS BADGES: | 73 |
| MOMENTARILY UNCONCEALED: | 73 |
| CHART ON LICENSE SUSPENSION/REVOCATION: | 74 |
| CHAPTER SIX: TRANSPORTATION AND CARRYING OF WEAPONS, AND FIREARMS: | 75 |
| SUMMARY OF WHERE HANDGUN CAN BE KEPT IN VEHICLE: | 75 |
| THE LEGAL CARRYING OF FIREARMS -- LISTED: | 76 |
| CHART OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER F.S. 790.25: | 77 |
| LEGAL CARRYING IN AUTOMOBILES & PRIVATE VEHICLES: | 78 |
| SECURELY ENCASED: | 79 |
| READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE: | 83 |
| UNCONCEALED SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES: | 84 |
| THE WAY IT USED TO BE: | 85 |
| INTER-STATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS: | 86 |
| PRIVATE BOATS: | 87 |
| WEAPONS, AIRPORTS, AND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT: | 88 |
| PRIVATE AIRCRAFT: | 91 |
| TRAINS, BUSES, AND OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: | 91 |
| CARRYING IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS: | 92 |
| PROBLEMS WITH CONDO’S & APARTMENTS: | 94 |
| WHEN YOU STILL CAN'T HAVE IT: | 97 |
| SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES: | 97 |
| NATIONAL FORESTS: | 97 |
| STATE FORESTS AND PARKS: | 97 |
| MAILING & SENDING FIREARMS: | 98 |
| INDIAN RESERVATIONS: | 101 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN: COMMON WEAPONS VIOLATIONS: | 103 |
| CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS AND FIREARMS: | 103 |
| PEPPER SPRAY, TEAR-GAS, AND POCKET KNIVES: | 104 |
| COMMON POCKETKNIVES: | 105 |
| ELECTRIC & CHEMICAL WEAPONS: | 106 |
| OPEN CARRYING OF WEAPONS OTHER THAN FIREARMS: | 108 |
| IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF FIREARMS & WEAPONS: | 109 |
| DISCHARGING FIREARMS IN PUBLIC: | 112 |
| DISCHARGING MACHINE GUNS: | 113 |
| MACHINE GUNS, UNDERSIZED FIREARMS, AND OTHER NFA WEAPONS: | 113 |
| PEN & WALLET GUNS: | 115 |
| SILENCERS: | 119 |
| CHART ON LEGAL GUN & BARREL LENGTH: | 119 |
| USING A FIREARM WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: | 119 |
| SHOOTING AT VEHICLES, VESSELS & STRUCTURES: | 120 |
| SELF-PROPELLED KNIVES: | 121 |
| POSSESSION BY CONVICTED FELON: | 121 |
| PROHIBITION AS TO AMMUNITION: | 122 |
| FIREARMS INVOLVED IN THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY: | 124 |
| USE OF BULLETPROOF VEST WHILE COMMITTING FELONY: | 124 |
| ARMOR PIERCING OR SPECIALITY AMMUNITION: | 125 |
| ALTERED OR REMOVED SERIAL NUMBERS: | 127 |
| DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES: | 127 |
| SWITCHBLADE KNIFE: | 129 |
| ASSAULT WEAPONS: | 130 |
| USE OF BANGSTICKS: | 130 |
| ARMED TRESPASS: | 131 |
| LICENSED PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS: | 132 |
| CHART OF PERMITTED FIREARMS FOR “G” LICENSEE: | 133 |
| PROHIBITED AMMO FOR SECURITY GUARDS: | 133 |
| CHAPTER EIGHT: LAWS CONCERNING CHILDREN: | 135 |
| LAWFUL AGE TO POSSESS FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION: | 135 |
| FLORIDA LAWS PERTAINING TO MINORS: | 137 |
| CHART OF PENALTIES FOR CHILD VIOLATIONS: | 138 |
| OTHER PENALTIES: | 138 |
| STORAGE OF LOADED FIREARMS: | 141 |
| CIVIL LIABILITY IF THE KIDS GET TO IT: | 143 |
| GUN FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT -- PART TWO: | 144 |
| FLORIDA SCHOOL ZONE LAWS: | 145 |
| TRAINING CHILDREN TO BE SAFE: | 150 |
| CHART RELATED TO POSSESSION NEAR SCHOOL: | 151 |
| CHAPTER NINE: DEALERS, FFL’s & INSTRUCTORS: | 153 |
| WHO MUST SECURE A FEDERAL LICENSE: | 153 |
| WHAT DOES THE LICENSE COVER: | 154 |
| CONFUSION WITH CORPORATE OWNERSHIP: | 156 |
| LICENSED COLLECTORS: | 157 |
| OBTAINING THE FFL: | 157 |
| DENIAL OF APPLICATION: | 158 |
| PROCEDURE ON REVOCATION OF FFL: | 158 |
| ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF RECORDS AND INVENTORY: | 159 |
| SALE OF FIREARMS/AMMUNITION TO LEGAL ALIENS: | 160 |
| PERMANENT BRADY LAW PROVISIONS: | 162 |
| SALES OR DISPOSITIONS FROM PERSONAL COLLECTION: | 162 |
| SALE OF MULTIPLE HANDGUNS TO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL: | 163 |
| LOSS OR THEFT OF FIREARMS: | 164 |
| ANTIQUE FIREARMS: | 164 |
| PAWNBROKERS: | 165 |
| SELLING TO PERSONS WITH OBVIOUS IMPAIRMENTS: | 166 |
| SELLING TO KIDS: | 166 |
| SALE OF AMMUNITION TO MINOR: | 167 |
| CHART ON PERMITTED WEAPON SALES TO MINOR: | 168 |
| REQUIRED FLORIDA WARNING NOTICES UPON SALE: | 168 |
| REQUIRED FEDERAL WARNINGS : | 169 |
| STUFF YOU GOTTA SELL: | 169 |
| STUFF YOU JUST CAN'T SELL IN FLORIDA: | 169 |
| SELF-PROPELLED, BALLISTIC, OR "SPRING" KNIVES: | 170 |
| GUN SHOWS: | 171 |
| RELOADING AS A BUSINESS: | 171 |
| FIREARM INSTRUCTORS: | 171 |
| FFL OPERATING OUT OF HOME: | 172 |
| USING ABBREVIATIONS ON THE FORM 4473: | 173 |
| CHAPTER TEN: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS: | 175 |
| THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN: | 175 |
| MODIFICATIONS TO ASSAULT RIFLES: | 177 |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT: | 181 |
| CHAPTER ELEVEN:SELF DEFENSE, AND THE LAWFUL USE OF FORCE: | 185 |
| FORCIBLE FELONY: | 187 |
| DEADLY WEAPON: | 188 |
| IMMINENT: | 189 |
| REASONABLE BELIEF ("reasonably believes"): | 189 |
| DEADLY FORCE: | 191 |
| JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE -- NON-DEADLY FORCE: | 192 |
| JUSTIFIABLE USE OF DEADLY FORCE: | 195 |
| EXCESSIVE FORCE: | 197 |
| NEW “PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY” LAW: | 197 |
| THE TWO NEW “PRESUMPTIONS” IN F.S.776.013: | 199 |
| NEW DEFINITIONS IN F.S.776.013: | 200 |
| HOW DOES THIS SECTION, F.S. 776.013, WORK?: | 200 |
| EXCEPTIONS TO PRESUMPTIONS IN F.S. 776.013: | 202 |
| DUTY TO RETREAT UNDER THE NEW LAW: | 205 |
| PLACES WHERE YOU SHOULD HAVE “A RIGHT TO BE”: | 206 |
| SOME QUALIFIERS TO THE NON-RETREAT RULE: | 208 |
| WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BURDEN OF PROOF: | 209 |
| RETREAT RULE – BUSINESS PREMISES: | 209 |
| DEADLY FORCE -- USE TO PREVENT ESCAPE: | 210 |
| LESS THAN LETHAL AMMUNITION: | 211 |
| USE OF FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT: | 212 |
| CRIMES AND PENALTIES FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE: | 213 |
| MANSLAUGHTER: | 213 |
| AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: | 214 |
| ROAD RAGE PROBLEMS WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: | 217 |
| A NEEDED SELF-DEFENSE STATUTE: | 219 |
| EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE: | 220 |
| DEFENSES TO CIVIL LIABILITY: | 222 |
| OTHER CIVIL PROBLEMS - INSURANCE : | 223 |
| DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR KIDS: | 224 |
| A SUMMARY ON THE USE & DISPLAY OF WEAPONS: | 225 |
| SELF-DEFENSE CASES THAT GO WRONG OR RIGHT: | 227 |
| A SUMMARY ON SELF-DEFENSE LAW: | 230 |
| WHAT TO DO AFTER THE POLICE ARRIVE: | 231 |
| 911 — USE IT!: | 234 |
| CELLULAR PHONES — YOUR BEST DEFENSE: | 235 |
| GETTING STOPPED BY THE POLICE: | 236 |
| USE OF FORCE AGAINST ANIMALS: | 238 |
| NANOSECONDS TO REACT: | 241 |
| MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR FIREARM OFFENSES: | 246 |
| CHART OF MANDATORY FIREARM SENTENCES: | 247 |
| FIRING A WARNING SHOT: | 248 |
| THE AFTERMATH OF MANDATORY SENTENCING: | 249 |
| MORE EXAMPLES & JURY PARDONS: | 250 |
| A NEEDED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: | 251 |
| CONCLUSION: | 252 |
| ENDNOTES: | 253 |
| ADDENDUM: | 279 |
| PRIOR EDITIONS OF “FLORIDA FIREARMS”: | 279 |
| FREE UPDATING SERVICE: | 279 |
| OUR WEBSITE AND E-MAIL QUESTIONS: | 280 |
| LIST OF PRO-SECOND AMENDMENT ORGANIZATIONS: | 280 |
| GEORGIA LAW FOR CONCEALED PERMIT HOLDERS, ONLY: | 281 |
| GETTING A SEIZED FIREARM BACK: | 282 |
| INDEX: | 283 |
| ORDERING INFORMATION: | 297 |
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