Third Time's The Charm?

A bill to sort out what accidentally exposing your concealed carry gun means is worming its way through committees in Tallahassee.

First, I'm not going to bother getting excited until it's completely out of committee.

Second I am SO happy we're doing this AGAIN.

This is the third time they're trying to make accidental exposure legal in some way.

The previous two time were nullified by the courts, at the behest of the various police organizations.

Remember how I complain that our pro-gun organizations are experts at holding actions, but worthless on the offense?

Way back in 2011 we almost got a bill that would have cured this problem.

Pro-gun organizations which weren't the NRA or USF got the accidental exposure verbiage changed to permitted open carry.

The staffers narc'd on Marion about her withdrawing support for the bill.  This led to a poison pill, which had been removed in committee, being added to the bill on the floor.

What about open carry doesn't accomplish what coverage for accidental carry does?

A bit later we got accidental exposure protection that was so nebulously defined so as to be no protection at all.  It left it up to the opinion of the viewing officer and when you add the court's automatic deferment to that opinion; you get no defense.

So now we're back at it again...  AGAIN...

Does this one end with, "and this time we mean it, don't make us come down there,"?

Now we're going to be fined for violating the concealed part.  $25 for first offense, $500 for second, misdemeanor criminal offense for third plus which is up to 60 days in jail or $500 (since offense 2 is $500, I bet they're going to go for jail time).

I notice that what isn't changed is the discretionary and subjective opinion of the local law about if the person was accidentally exposed.

Thagstrodomas predicts:  Printing, which is completely legal now, will become accidental exposure in the jurisdictions which can't learn that it's not 1986 anymore and the fines will rack up.