Concealed Carry Guns for Repossession Agents to be Legal in Florida?

Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner wants to let repossession agents on private property carry concealed firearms

In the state of Florida, the Department of Agriculture regulates licensed Repossessors. In a surprising turn of events, the Agriculture Commissioner, Wilton Simpson, is proposing that lawmakers lift a concealed weapons restriction on Florida’s repossession industry.

“If you’re allowed to conceal carry, you should be able to exercise your constitutional right,” said Simpson to members of the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday October 17th.

Simpson seeks to change the law that, in part, prevents licensed recovery agents from carrying guns while on private property and in the course of repossession activities.

In April of this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that allows Floridians to carry guns without concealed weapons licenses. The bill did away with a decades-old licensing process, which included requiring that people undergo firearms training and background screening to carry concealed weapons. People carrying concealed firearms must still have valid identification and “display such identification upon demand by a law enforcement officer.” Lawmakers will begin the 2024 session in January.

Source: WMNF.com