2120 Main Street

Fort Myers, FL

As
some of you may know, Lee County presently has ordinance 06-26 on the
books, which prohibits firearms in county parks. This ordinance and
associated signage is in direct violation of §790.33 Florida Statutes,
which preempts local governments from having any ordinances,
regulations, or rules that relate to the regulation of firearms or
ammunition. Commissioner Ray Judah has publicly expressed his desire to
not only retain the current ordinance,
but to petition the state to add county parks to the list of prohibited
locations for legal concealed carry as presented in §790.06 (12).
Additionally, Lee County has begun placing "no firearms" signage on Tax
Collection offices, also in violation of preemption statute. The BoCC
has taken an arrogant attitude with regards to this issue, and as a
result, is being sued by J. Patrick Buckley, Esq.





I would ask
that all firearms owners who can possibly attend this open BoCC hearing,
please come and express your disdain for the county's attempts to
infringe on your constitutional and state legislated right to carry in
county parks and other properties not restricted under state or federal
statute.