CJ Buck
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Florida Cutlery Association Legislative Alert:
Thanks to everyone who contacted the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. The bill passed unanimously.
The senate bill (SB 2256 Bennett-R, Sarasota) will be heard on Monday, April 14th at 11:00 a.m. in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Contact information for the committee members and talking points on the bill appear below. Call, fax, or email the members ASAP!
If you want to see a copy of the bills (which are identical), click on www.leg.state.fl.us and follow the prompts to the House, then type in 1227 and click "GO." If you want to see the senate bill, follow the prompts to the Senate, then type in 2256 and click "Go."
Your message should be "I'd like to ask the senator to support SB 2256 which should be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, April 14th, at 11:00 a.m. The bill clarifies Florida Statutes 790.25 so that automatic knives are not considered self-propelled knives." If you email a message, please blind copy me so I can know how many emails we're generating.
TALKING POINTS ON BILL:
PLEASE SUPPORT SB 2256 (Bennett-R, Sarasota)
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 automatic 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 SB 2256!
Contact information for the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Alex Villalobos (R-38) - Chair
Phone: 850-487-5130
Fax: 305-222-4162
villalobos.alex.web@flsenate.gov
Dave Aronberg (D-27) - Vice Chair
Phone: (850) 487-5356
Fax: (561) 434-3995
aronberg.dave.web@flsenate.gov
Skip Campbell (D-32)
Phone: (850) 487-5094
Fax: (954) 346-2815
campbell.walter.web@flsenate.gov
Lisa Carlton (R-23)
Phone: (850) 487-5081
Fax: (941) 486-2050
carlton.lisa.web@flsenate.gov
Charlie Clary (R-4)
Phone: (850) 487-5009
Fax: (850) 833-9158
clary.charlie.web@flsenate.gov
Alex Diaz de la Portilla (R-36)
Phone: (850) 487-5109
Fax: (305) 643-7202
portilla.alex.web@flsenate.gov
Durell Peaden (R-2)
Phone: (850) 487-5000
Fax: (850) 689-7932
peaden.durell.web@flsenate.gov
Dan Webster (R-9)
Phone: (850) 487-5047
Fax: (407) 297-2064
drawdy.ann.s09@flsenate.gov
Rod Smith (D-14) - Vice Chair
Phone: 850-487-5020
Fax: (352) 955-6262
Smith.rod.web@flsenate.gov
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
Rick
Richard Watson & Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10038
Tallahassee, FL 32302
(850) 222-0000
(850) 222-0095
rwatsn@aol.com
Thanks to everyone who contacted the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. The bill passed unanimously.
The senate bill (SB 2256 Bennett-R, Sarasota) will be heard on Monday, April 14th at 11:00 a.m. in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Contact information for the committee members and talking points on the bill appear below. Call, fax, or email the members ASAP!
If you want to see a copy of the bills (which are identical), click on www.leg.state.fl.us and follow the prompts to the House, then type in 1227 and click "GO." If you want to see the senate bill, follow the prompts to the Senate, then type in 2256 and click "Go."
Your message should be "I'd like to ask the senator to support SB 2256 which should be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, April 14th, at 11:00 a.m. The bill clarifies Florida Statutes 790.25 so that automatic knives are not considered self-propelled knives." If you email a message, please blind copy me so I can know how many emails we're generating.
TALKING POINTS ON BILL:
PLEASE SUPPORT SB 2256 (Bennett-R, Sarasota)
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 automatic 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 SB 2256!
Contact information for the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Alex Villalobos (R-38) - Chair
Phone: 850-487-5130
Fax: 305-222-4162
villalobos.alex.web@flsenate.gov
Dave Aronberg (D-27) - Vice Chair
Phone: (850) 487-5356
Fax: (561) 434-3995
aronberg.dave.web@flsenate.gov
Skip Campbell (D-32)
Phone: (850) 487-5094
Fax: (954) 346-2815
campbell.walter.web@flsenate.gov
Lisa Carlton (R-23)
Phone: (850) 487-5081
Fax: (941) 486-2050
carlton.lisa.web@flsenate.gov
Charlie Clary (R-4)
Phone: (850) 487-5009
Fax: (850) 833-9158
clary.charlie.web@flsenate.gov
Alex Diaz de la Portilla (R-36)
Phone: (850) 487-5109
Fax: (305) 643-7202
portilla.alex.web@flsenate.gov
Durell Peaden (R-2)
Phone: (850) 487-5000
Fax: (850) 689-7932
peaden.durell.web@flsenate.gov
Dan Webster (R-9)
Phone: (850) 487-5047
Fax: (407) 297-2064
drawdy.ann.s09@flsenate.gov
Rod Smith (D-14) - Vice Chair
Phone: 850-487-5020
Fax: (352) 955-6262
Smith.rod.web@flsenate.gov
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
Rick
Richard Watson & Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10038
Tallahassee, FL 32302
(850) 222-0000
(850) 222-0095
rwatsn@aol.com