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Florida Cutlery Association Legislative Alert:
The bill clarifying the Darynani decision (Ballistic Knife Definition) will be heard in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee tomorrow. If you want to see a copy of the bill, click on www.leg.state.fl.us and follow the prompts to the House, then type in 1227 and click "GO."
Please call or email or fax the members of the subcommittee. The contact information is at the end of this email. Talking points on the bill appear below. Your message should be "I'd like to ask the representative to support HB 1227 which is in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee tomorrow. The bill clarifies Florida Statutes 790.25 so that automatic knives are not considered self-propelled knives."
TALKING POINTS ON BILL:
PLEASE SUPPORT HB 1227 (EVERS & MAYFIELD)
Criminal Justice Subcommittee
March 20, 2003
2 PM
Morris Hall
This bill corrects a misinterpretation of Florida Statutes 790.225 by a District Court of Appeal case in South Florida. (Florida v Darynani 774 So.2nd 855). The statute was passed in 1985 in a bill sponsored by Representative Ros and Senator Kiser. The purpose of the bill was to prohibit the sale and possession of self-propelled knives known as "Serious Human Assassinations Weapons' (SHAW.) SHAWs were weapons where the blade separated from the handle and could project up to 35 feet. These devices should be prohibited.
The court case applied the prohibition to automatic knives, or switchblades. In automatic knives, the blade does not leave the handle. Senator Kiser has provided a letter which states his intention in passing the bill in 1985. The court's misguided interpretation has thrown into doubt the right to produce, sell, buy and own these automatics knives.
Firefighters, law enforcement, hunters, and collectors use automatic knives. It was never the intention of the legislature to prohibit these knives.
This bill clarifies that knives that have blades which separate from the handle are prohibited and that common automatic pocketknives that have blades which do not separate from the handle are not prohibited.
PLEASE SUPPORT HB 1227!
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
Dick Kravitz (Chair)
R-19
Capitol Address: 204 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-1304
Capitol fax: none
kravitz.dick@myfloridahouse.com
Bruce Antone (Vice Chair)
D-39
Capitol Address: 1301 Capitol
402 South Monroe St.
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-0760
Capitol fax: none
antone.bruce@myfloridahouse.com
Sandra Adams
R-33
Capitol Address: 1101 Capitol
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-0468
Heather Fiorentino
R-46
Capitol Address: 400 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-5522
Capitol fax: none
fiorentino.heather@myfloridahouse.com
Rene Garcia
R-110
Capitol Address: 214 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-487-2197
Capitol fax: none
garcia.rene@myfloridahouse.com
Hugh Gibson
R-42
Capitol Address: 400 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-5991
Capitol fax: none
gibson.hugh@myfloridahouse.com
Matt Meadows
D-94
Capitol Address: 1003 Capitol
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-8234
Capitol fax: none
meadows.matt@myfloridahouse.com
Florida Cutlery Association Legislative Alert:
The bill clarifying the Darynani decision (Ballistic Knife Definition) will be heard in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee tomorrow. If you want to see a copy of the bill, click on www.leg.state.fl.us and follow the prompts to the House, then type in 1227 and click "GO."
Please call or email or fax the members of the subcommittee. The contact information is at the end of this email. Talking points on the bill appear below. Your message should be "I'd like to ask the representative to support HB 1227 which is in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee tomorrow. The bill clarifies Florida Statutes 790.25 so that automatic knives are not considered self-propelled knives."
TALKING POINTS ON BILL:
PLEASE SUPPORT HB 1227 (EVERS & MAYFIELD)
Criminal Justice Subcommittee
March 20, 2003
2 PM
Morris Hall
This bill corrects a misinterpretation of Florida Statutes 790.225 by a District Court of Appeal case in South Florida. (Florida v Darynani 774 So.2nd 855). The statute was passed in 1985 in a bill sponsored by Representative Ros and Senator Kiser. The purpose of the bill was to prohibit the sale and possession of self-propelled knives known as "Serious Human Assassinations Weapons' (SHAW.) SHAWs were weapons where the blade separated from the handle and could project up to 35 feet. These devices should be prohibited.
The court case applied the prohibition to automatic knives, or switchblades. In automatic knives, the blade does not leave the handle. Senator Kiser has provided a letter which states his intention in passing the bill in 1985. The court's misguided interpretation has thrown into doubt the right to produce, sell, buy and own these automatics knives.
Firefighters, law enforcement, hunters, and collectors use automatic knives. It was never the intention of the legislature to prohibit these knives.
This bill clarifies that knives that have blades which separate from the handle are prohibited and that common automatic pocketknives that have blades which do not separate from the handle are not prohibited.
PLEASE SUPPORT HB 1227!
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
Dick Kravitz (Chair)
R-19
Capitol Address: 204 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-1304
Capitol fax: none
kravitz.dick@myfloridahouse.com
Bruce Antone (Vice Chair)
D-39
Capitol Address: 1301 Capitol
402 South Monroe St.
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-0760
Capitol fax: none
antone.bruce@myfloridahouse.com
Sandra Adams
R-33
Capitol Address: 1101 Capitol
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-0468
Heather Fiorentino
R-46
Capitol Address: 400 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-5522
Capitol fax: none
fiorentino.heather@myfloridahouse.com
Rene Garcia
R-110
Capitol Address: 214 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-487-2197
Capitol fax: none
garcia.rene@myfloridahouse.com
Hugh Gibson
R-42
Capitol Address: 400 HOB
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-5991
Capitol fax: none
gibson.hugh@myfloridahouse.com
Matt Meadows
D-94
Capitol Address: 1003 Capitol
402 South Monroe
Tallahassee 32399
850-488-8234
Capitol fax: none
meadows.matt@myfloridahouse.com