State Rep. Dan Daley, D-Coral Springs, has tried before to push a bill mandating background checks on ammunition purchases and he has brought back his proposal for the upcoming legislative session.
Daley talked to Florida Daily about his proposal this week.
“If one life was saved by this measure, it would be worth it,” Daley told Florida Daily. “We check people’s IDs when they walk into a store to purchase a beer. Why shouldn’t we be checking to make sure the person who is walking in to buy ammunition is legally permitted to do so?”
Daley is a graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and sat on the Coral Springs City Council when 17 people were shot and killed at that school. The state representative has enlisted the help of Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in that shooting. Since then, Guttenberg has become a leading activist for gun control. Daley called it a great honor to work with Guttenberg and it was “humbling” that the bill is named after Jamie Guttenberg.
“With approximately 400,000,000 weapons already on the streets, we must make it harder for those who intend to kill to do so. Prohibited purchasers of weapons are also prohibited from buying ammunition, but there is no mechanism in place to keep that ammunition out of their hands. We must close this ammunition loophole and this bill is a step in the right direction to do it. Jaime’s Law will help save lives immediately,” said Guttenberg.
Daley said that the problem is larger than a single incident.
“You’re talking about everyday gun violence. You are talking about gun violence that plagues communities across Florida,” Daley said.
Daley insisted that the bill was only focused on ammunition.
“We are not coming for your gun,” Daley said, adding that there are several exemptions in the bill. Noting that he is a concealed carry permit holder himself, Daley said there is an exemption for concealed carry permit holders since they have already cleared needed background checks.
Daley called the bill “low hanging fruit” and said he is willing to work with Republicans to get something done, no surprise considering the GOP controls both chambers in Tallahassee.
“We’re open to other thoughts. If you want to have, just like you have a concealed carry permit, if you want to have an ammo purchase permit through the state, fine,” he said, signaling a willingness to compromise.
Still, Daley said he understands exactly where things stand in a Republican-dominated Florida House.
“Is it an uphill battle? Absolutely, but I think this is not an overreach. I am trying to be as reasonable as possible,” Daley told Florida Daily, insisting that more than 60 percent of Floridians favor tightening the rules for gun control while still wanting to let residents of the Sunshine State own firearms. Daley brought up the 60 percent threshold for a reason since that is the percentage of voters needed to add amendments to the Florida Constitution.
While noting there is a shortage of ammunition, Daley said Florida law makes it easier for criminals to obtain it.
“There’s also no toilet paper, but I’d feel a hell of a lot safer if a felon had a roll of toilet paper than ammunition,” he quipped in regards to the ammunition shortage.
Daley said he wanted to get a hearing on the bill, something which did not happen last year, and hopes for an open and honest discussion on his proposal.
“How much of a positive impact could it have? I don’t know that we will ever be able to fully be able to quantify that unless you look at the number of people who were denied the ability to purchase it,” he told Florida Daily.
Reach Mike Synan at mike.synan@floridadaily.com.
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So he should adamantly support concealed or even open carry. After all, if only 1 life is saved . . .
Here are the inconvenient, absolute, undeniable, indisputable facts and truths about gun control;
– NEVER in the entire history of gun control anywhere in the world, has any gun-control legislation, law or penalty stopped a bad-man from getting a gun.
– ALL of the gun-control or gun safety laws anywhere in the world affect only Law-Abiding Gun Owners, effectively disarming them from being able to protect themselves, their loved ones and their homes. Because Bad-Men do not obey laws.
– The ENTIRETY of gun-control or gun safety laws everywhere on Earth create only a world full of victims, and, as history has documented, Bad-Men prey on unarmed victims exclusively.
-You cannot PENALIZE over 100 million Law-Abiding Firearms owners for the actions of less than a single handful of criminals. That is not Governance, that is Dictatorship.
Here are the inconvenient, absolute, undeniable, indisputable facts and truths about gun control;
– NEVER in the entire history of gun control anywhere in the world, has any gun-control legislation, law or penalty stopped a bad-man from getting a gun.
– ALL of the gun-control or gun safety laws anywhere in the world affect only Law-Abiding Gun Owners, effectively disarming them from being able to protect themselves, their loved ones and their homes. Because Bad-Men do not obey laws.
– The ENTIRETY of gun-control or gun safety laws everywhere on Earth create only a world full of victims, and, as history has documented, Bad-Men prey on unarmed victims exclusively.
-You cannot PENALIZE over 100 million Law-Abiding Firearms owners for the actions of less than a single handful of criminals. That is not Governance, that is Dictatorship.
[…] Florida Daily reports Daley’s legislation is called “Jaime’s Law,” so named after Jaime Guttenberg, who was shot […]
[…] Florida Daily reports Daley’s legislation is called “Jaime’s Law,” so named after Jaime Guttenberg, who was shot […]
I live in Arizona. And it is one of now 11 Constitutional Carry States. And I did get a Carry permit even though I don’t need one. I got it because if and when I travel I would want to carry where I’m going. So I got a carry permit. And since I’ve gotten my permit I’ve been to GA twice and I was able to carry while I was there with no problems. And this was why I got my carry permit so that I could carry when I travel. I also made sure that I was able to carry in GA by looking up GA’s gun laws and to see if they recognized my AZ carry permit. Which they do. And it’s also the responsibly of the gun owner to make sure that they know the gun laws for not only their home state but also the gun laws for the states that they will be going through and staying in. That way you won’t have any problems while you’re traveling.