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NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY; DECEMBER 7, 2012

Friday, December 7th, 2012

WHEREAS, on December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked U.S. naval and air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, more than 2,400 American lives were lost in the sudden attack that Sunday morning, and a major portion of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet was destroyed; and

WHEREAS, the attack on Pearl Harbor led to America’s entry into World War II; and

WHEREAS, commemorating the attack on Pearl Harbor instills a greater understanding of, and appreciation for, the selfless service and sacrifice of those who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II; and

WHEREAS, December 7, 2012, marks the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor; and

WHEREAS, the State of Florida recognizes and encourages the efforts of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors to keep their parents’ legacy, bravery, and heroism in the minds of current and future Floridians; and

WHEREAS, individuals, organizations and communities throughout our Country and throughout the State of Florida will gather on this 71st anniversary to perform acts of charity, to pray, and to comfort and support one another as they honor our nation and the memory of those who lost their lives on December 7, 1941; and

WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I hereby extend greetings and best wishes to all observing December 7, 2012, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.  I call upon the people of our great state to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities to remember and honor those who were killed on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.  In addition, I hereby direct the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the State of Florida on Friday, December 7, 2012.  Furthermore, I encourage other governmental entities and interested groups and organizations throughout the State to display the National and State flags at half-staff in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capital, this 3rd day of December 2012.

Rick Scott
GOVERNOR

ATTEST:
Ken Detzner
SECRETARY OF STATE

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2nd Amendment Outrage!!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Bill to STOP Gun Registration Passed Committee

DATE:       March 9, 2010
TO:           USF & NRA Members and Friends
FROM:      Marion P. Hammer
                USF Executive Director
                NRA Past President

SB-530 by Sen. Thad Altman  was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee  today, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 and PASSED unanimously by a VOTE of 9-0.

The bill is now ready for the calendar and hopefully soon for the Senate Floor.

SB-530 is a bill to STOP Florida adoption agencies from forcing potential adoptive parents to register their firearms with the agency as a condition of adoption.  Further, it will stop agencies from forcing these parents to follow gun control regulations regarding storage of firearms and ammunition created by the agency.

This outrageous behavior has been going on too long and it is time to stop it once and for all.

Sen. Altman’s bill will stop this gun registration and regulation.

VOTING FOR THE BILL:

negron.joe.web@flsenate.gov,
baker.carey.web@flsenate.gov,
fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov,
gelber.dan.web@flsenate.gov,
haridopolos.mike.web@flsenate.gov,
joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov,
peaden.durell.web@flsenate.gov,
richter.garrett.web@flsenate.gov,
ring.jeremy.web@flsenate.gov,

BACKGROUND

Adoption agencies in Florida are effectively profiling prospective adoptive parents who own firearms.

Agencies have been treating applicants for adoption, who chose to exercise the constitutional right to own a firearm, differently than non-firearms owning applicants.

As a condition of adoption, prospective parents who own firearms must agree to regulations and restriction imposed by the agency.

At least one agency requires prospective parents who own a firearm or firearms, to store the firearms and ammunition separately in locked cabinets – rendering the right of self-defense and defense of family virtually impossible.

Further, applicants who own firearms are required to register their firearms and ammunition with the agency. 

The agency not only requires applicants to separately list the firearms and the ammunition they own on a form created by the agency, but also requires them to report to the agency exactly where the firearms and ammunition are stored.

These agencies have set themselves above the law and have ignored the statutes.

State law regulates the safe storage of firearms.  F.S. 790.174, regulates how firearms must be stored and provides criminal penalties when firearms are accessed by minors due to a failure to store firearms safely.

State law prohibits agencies from attempting to regulate firearms.  F.S. 790.33 prohibits any regulation of firearms except by the Legislature.  The Legislature exclusively occupies the whole field of regulation of firearms and ammunition.

State law prohibits registration of firearms.  F.S. 790.335 prohibits the compiling of and retention of  lists of firearms owners and firearms.  Forms required by some adoption agencies constitute a registry of firearms and firearms owners.

Under  790.335(4)(a), office managers and officials who are a party to the collection and storage of firearms registration documents commit a felony of the third degree.

Under 790.335(4)(c) these agencies or organizations, as licensed agencies acting on behalf of the government, who register firearms are subject to a fine of up to $5 million.

While some adoption agencies have attempted to claim their firearms regulations and forms were authorized or required by DCF, DCF actually repealed those regulations in April, 2008.

This bill makes it clear that adoption agencies may not condition adoption on a person’s exercise of a constitutional right or a person’s willingness to disclose private information concerning lawful firearms ownership – nor may adoption agencies impose restrictions on firearms ownership.

This bill codifies in law, that adoption agencies may not violate rights, profile or discriminate against firearms owners who seek to foster or adopt children.

Prospective parents seeking to adopt and make a home for a child are particularly vulnerable to abusive tactics of agency officials and personnel who appear to have a predisposition against firearms owners.

Forcing prospective parents to submit to requirements that usurp their legal rights and violate their privacy is nothing short of coercion.  It must be stopped.

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Another New York invasion — Send the homeless to Florida?

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Another New York invasion — homeless heading to Florida?
Doesn’t Florida have enough New Yorkers already?

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Well, brace yourselves.  Floridians can expect an influx of homeless people from the Big Apple.

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended a city program to send homeless families out of New York on planes, trains and buses today, saying it “saves the taxpayers of New York City an enormous amount of money.”

And wouldn’t you know it?

The most popular destinations are Florida, Puerto Rico, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Well, yeah, it’s warm in Florida, ya know.

The mayor complained that it cost the city about $36,000 a year to provide shelter for a homeless family. The average stay in a shelter is about nine months, reports the New York Times.

But shipping folks out. That’s a bargain.

‘“The average cost is trivial,” Bloomberg said. “Most go by bus. Very few go overseas, very few go long distances. Bus is the normal ways we pay for transportation, rather than air.”

But shouldn’t Floridians have a say in all this?

Ship ’em or keep ’em? Should Florida start sending the Cubans and Haitians to New York in retaliation?

What do you think?

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