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Question: "florida emergency firearms confiscation"
Answer: No law enforcement officer or government official in the state of Florida is authorized to "[seize, take, or confiscate] firearms that are lawfully possessed" during a state of emergency, or at any other time.
However, as I discussed here, there are instances when your right to bear arms can, under state statute, be infringed upon.
Of course, don't assume that confiscation can't happen like it did in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Legally it can't. But then again, it wasn't legal in New Orleans either.
I am of the opinion that in a state of emergency, when I am more likely than normal to need a firearm for self defense, anyone who would deprive me that right is acting outside of the law and therefore forfeits any legal standing to enforce a confiscation order. At that point, any attempt to seize my means of self-preservation under threat of violence is armed robbery. I am not a lawyer, of course, and a judge/jury may not agree with my opinion. But there it is. |
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