Florida Carry Sues Over University Parking Lot Gun Ban
Florida Carry, Inc. has today filed a lawsuit against the University of North Florida (UNF), seeking a permanent injunction from enforcing its unlawful ban on firearms and weapons. We also seek a court order to repeal their unlawful regulations, remove all preempted signs, also that UNF pay fines, costs, attorney’s fees, and damages. Since 1987 the Florida Legislature has preempted firearms law and issued statewide licenses to carry for self-defense.
Florida Carry filed this case on behalf of Florida Gun Owners and our members. One such member, Alexandria Lainez, is a single mother who has received extensive training in firearms and self-defense to be prepared to protect herself and her young child should that horrible need arise. Alexandria is a full-time student at UNF and worries that she has to choose between her family’s safety and her education on a daily basis while attending college.
No public college or university has any right to prevent students from having a firearm in their car as long as the firearm is lawfully possessed under state law. Any public college or university which attempts to restrict students’ rights on this issue is subject to being sued under Florida Firearms Preemption law which was amended this year to make the 24-year-old statute easier to enforce by organizations like Florida Carry.
Read the Complaint Here
Hi, and Thank You very Much for all your efforts and time invested in securing our Second Amendment rights, it is most appreciated ! !
My question is, as regards no public college or university having the right to prevent students from having a firearm in their car as long as the firearm is lawfully possessed under state law: can or does an ordinary citizen have a lawful right to drive on the campus of a public college or university with a lawfully possessed firearm (i.e. individual has a valid Florida concealed carry permit)? Also, are there any provisos if the answer is yes? Thank you again.
This is all still pending in the courts. Hopefully we will have answers soon.