[saturn_656]

peck420 peck420:

Unless you are unaware that CCW is permissible in Canada with the proper licensing?

Though for the average law abiding citizen such licensing is impossible to obtain.

[Thanos]

CCW requirements in pro-gun states like Florida are fairly lax. It's probably more difficult to get a drivers license or registered voter certificate there than it is to get a CCW.

[ShepherdsDog]

Miami packin' heat

[DanSC]

The eligibility requirements for a CCW permit in Florida are:

*Be at least 21 years of age
*Be a U.S. citizen or legal resident
*Provide documentation that you are competent with a firearm (see below)
*Have no felony convictions
*Have no violent misdemeanor convictions
*Have no domestic violence convictions
*Not be an adjudicated delinquent for an act committed as a minor that would be a felony as an adult
*Not have been committed for the use of alcohol or drugs, have a conviction related to the use, possession, or distribution of alcohol or drugs, or be convicted of using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
*Not be adjudicated incapacitated, adjudicated as a mental defective, or committed to a mental institution
*Not be dishonorably discharged from the military
*Not have a restraining order
*Not be a fugitive from justice
*Not have a physical disability that prevents the safe handling of a firearm
*Be eligible to purchase a firearm under Florida or Federal law.

Link (PDF)

Acceptable Training Documentation Acceptable Training Documentation:

Florida law requires you to submit proof of competency with a firearm in order to qualify for a concealed weapon license. A copy of a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION or similar document from any of the following courses or classes is acceptable:
*Any hunter education or hunter safety course approved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a similar agency in another state;

*any National Rifle Association firearms safety or training course;

*any firearm safety or training course or class available to the general public offered by a law enforcement agency, junior college, college, or private or public institution or organization or firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle Association, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;

*any law enforcement firearms safety or training course or class offered for security guards, investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision of law enforcement or security enforcement;

*any firearms training or safety course or class conducted by a state-certified instructor or by an instructor certified by the National Rifle Association.

The copy of the training certificate/document must be clear and legible. The certificate/document must include your name, your instructor’s name, your instructor’s qualifications/credentials (National Rifle Association instructor, law enforcement firearms instructor, Class “K” Firearm Instructor licensed by the State of Florida, etc.), and your instructor’s license/certification number.
Other acceptable forms of training documentation include the following:

*documentary evidence of experience with a firearm obtained through participation in organized shooting competition;

*active-duty military personnel may submit copies of any of the following documents that confirm your experience with a firearm gained during your service: military orders including call to active-duty letter; a statement of military service signed by, or at the direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters which identifies you and provides your date of entry on your current active-duty period;

*former military personnel can submit a DD Form 214 reflecting honorable discharge from military service.

Link

[PublicAnimalNo9]

peck420 peck420:

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

He wouldn't have "walked" because you can't stuff a handgun into your pants an "go on patrol" around your neighbourhood. Just leaving your front door like that is an offence (maybe several come into play) in Canada.

Based on what?

Zimmerman had fulfilled every legal requirement to CCW in Florida.

There is nothing to suggest that he (or anybody else for that matter) would not do the same in Canada.

Unless you are unaware that CCW is permissible in Canada with the proper licensing?

You ARE aware that only about 50 private carry permits have been issued in recent years? Stuff like "self-defence" and "being part of a neighbourhood watch/patrol" don't cut it in Canada as valid reasons to carry. Not even in the north end of Winnipeg.
IF it were that easy to get a permit to carry, 95% of the people working as security personnel wouldn't be unarmed.
Years ago I had a buddy that worked for the city as security for city property. Even HE wasn't permitted to carry, in a border city, working security in multi-level parking garages at night. And that was before regulations were tightened up.
One's chances of getting a medical exemption for pot are exponentially higher than getting a permit to carry in Canada.

[Jabberwalker]

peck420 peck420:

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

He wouldn't have "walked" because you can't stuff a handgun into your pants an "go on patrol" around your neighbourhood. Just leaving your front door like that is an offence (maybe several come into play) in Canada.

Based on what?

Zimmerman had fulfilled every legal requirement to CCW in Florida.

There is nothing to suggest that he (or anybody else for that matter) would not do the same in Canada.

Unless you are unaware that CCW is permissible in Canada with the proper licensing?

Good luck getting that licencing. You had better be able to prove "A" that you aren't a nut-bar ( ... and the very fact that you want to carry probably automatically puts you in that pigeon hole) and "B" that you have a Crown-given reason to patrol the streets for anything whatsoever. The chances of you being licensed to "carry" like this creep in Florida are a hundred-thousand-to-one or longer.