Press Releases
For Immediate Release
June 3, 2011
Legislation to Protect Second Amendment Rights Signed Into Law
House Bill 155 and House Bill 45 Signed by Governor Scott
Tallahassee, Fla. — Legislation championed by Senator Greg Evers (R-Baker) to protect the Second Amendment and privacy rights of law-abiding gun owners was signed into law yesterday by Governor Rick Scott.
House Bill 155, the House companion to Senate Bill 432 sponsored by Senator Evers, protects the privacy rights of gun owners from political intrusions into the private ownership of firearms.
“Anti-gun politics do not belong in medical examining rooms,” said Senator Evers. “We take our children to doctors seeking medical care, not politics or questioning about what personal property we own.”
Also signed was House Bill 45. The Senate companion, Senate Bill 402, was cosponsored by Senator Evers. This bill provides penalties for agencies and local governments who willfully and knowingly violate the state uniform firearms law.
“I am grateful for Governor Scott’s support and pleased to see these good bills become law,” said Senator Evers. “Protecting the right of our citizens to be private about gun ownership and to guard them against local governments who discriminate against gun owners or violate the state uniform firearms law is critical to constitutional freedoms.”
Senator Evers currently represents Florida Senate District 2, which includes parts of Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Washington, Bay, and Holmes counties. Previously, Senator Evers served in the House of Representatives, representing Florida House District 1, which includes parts of Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties. He is a farmer and small businessman who was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2001, was subsequently re-elected, and elected to the Florida Senate in 2010. Evers has put his experience in agriculture and business to good use in the Florida Legislature and is proud of his legislative accomplishments on behalf of Florida’s critical agriculture industry, economic development and job creation, and Second Amendment issues.
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