SUNCOAST GUN SHOW (CLICK HERE)
BY WILLIAM HLADKY
BROWARDBULLDOG.ORG
An apparent misreading of state law (click here) by the Fort Lauderdale Police has kept officers from enforcing a Broward County ordinance that requires criminal background checks on gun buyers at gun shows.
Two legal experts have told BrowardBulldog.org that the Police Department is wrong to believe that a state statute enacted last year invalidates the county background checks ordinance. Similarly, the Hillsborough County Attorney said in a memo this month that his county continues to have the “authority to require criminal background checks.”
The 1998 Broward County ordinance says criminal background checks must be done on gun buyers when sales occur “on property to which the public has a right of access.” A violation is a misdemeanor.
But Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman Det. DeAnna Greenlaw said the county ordinance no longer is in effect due to Florida Statute 790.33, enacted in 2012. That statute declares any city or county ordinance that regulates gun possession and sales “null and void.”
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s legal position is important. Broward’s two largest gun shows, sponsored by Ohio-based Suncoast Gun Shows and North Lauderdale’s Trader Ritch, are held in Fort Lauderdale.
Legal experts say the city’s legal interpretation is wrong. They say the law the city cites is trumped by an amendment to Florida’s Constitution, passed by voters in 1998, that gives counties the option to enact background check ordinances like Broward’s.
“Each county shall have the authority to require a criminal history records check…in connection with the sale of any firearm…when any part of the transaction is conducted on property to which the public has the right of access,” the amendment says....
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Trader Ritch Gun & Knife Show (click here)
Drugs. Florida is a jumping off point for drug cartels outside of the borders of the USA. The gun traffic into northern states begins here.
Trader Ritch Gun & Knife Show (click here)
| Dates | Sun, May 5th, 2013 Sun, Jun 2nd, 2013 Sun, Jul 7th, 2013 Sun, Aug 4th, 2013 Sun, Sep 1st, 2013 Sun, Oct 6th, 2013 Sun, Nov 3rd, 2013 Sun, Dec 1st, 2013 |
| Directions | Universal Palms Hotel |
| City/State | Ft Lauderdale, FL |
| Hours |
Sunday Only: 9:00am - 3:00pm
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| Admission |
Admission is $5.00
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| Description |
The Trader Ritch Gun & Knife Show will be held on Sunday, May 5th, 2013. The Ft Lauderdale, FL Gun Show will be held at the Universal Palms Hotel and is hosted by the Trader Ritch of Florida. All Federal, State and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed.
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