Florida attorney general seeks to clarify assault weapons measure

By Dara Kam and Jim Saunders / The News Service of Florida Posted Jul 29, 2019 at 5:22 PM Updated Jul 29, 2019 at 5:22 PM


TALLAHASSEE — Arguing the proposed ballot language is “clearly and conclusively defective,” Attorney General Ashley Moody wants the Florida Supreme Court to block a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to prevent possession of assault weapons until we understand what the hell the gun banners are really saying.

Moody late Friday filed a document that is a first step in arguing before the Supreme Court, which reviews the wording of ballot proposals to make sure they are not misleading and meet other legal standards.

The political committee: Ban Assault Weapons NOW is trying to get the assault-weapons measure on the November 2020 ballot. The title is, as always, misleading. It's about banning ALL guns
and any deception is acceptable.

In part, Moody focused on a section of the proposed constitutional amendment that would define assault weapons as “any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun capable of holding more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition at once, either in a fixed or detachable magazine, or any other ammunition-feeding device.” or any other damn thing the gun banners can come up with.

Moody wrote that the proposed amendment would “ban the possession of virtually every semi-automatic long-gun. To be included on the ballot, the sprawling practical effect of the amendment must be revealed in the ballot language. Because that effect is not revealed, the ballot language is deficient.”

But Gail Schwartz, who chairs the Ban Assault Weapons NOW committee, disputed Moody’s arguments.

“This (so-called) bipartisan ballot measure has been vetted extensively by MY legal experts and is supported by hundreds of thousands of (unknown) Floridians across the state,” Schwartz said in a statement Monday. “We are confident with our chances at the Supreme Court, and presented with the choice to do so, we are confident that the people of Florida will overwhelmingly support this common-sense measure to ban weapons of war to make our communities safer.” (even though he exaggerates greatly as well as being vague in his attempt to ban EVERY weapon....especially once his BS legislation proves to not make anything safer...and requiring ANOTHER gun banning law...and another...and another...as always)

In states with "democrat" gun banning State Attorney Generals, this would be a shoo-in since democrats
and leftists want to disarm America, and screw whether the wording is truthful.

The possibility of banning of assault weapons has long been controversial in Florida, but it gained renewed attention last year after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people. State lawmakers have repeatedly rejected calls to ban the weapons, including after the Parkland school shooting....even though the weapons used were not "military grade" at all. Capacity of magazines was not a factor whatsoever.

Ban Assault Weapons NOW needs to clear two major requirements to get the proposal on the 2020 ballot. It needs the Supreme Court to sign off on the (confusing/misleading) wording of the ballot summary and title — the wording that voters see when they go to the polls — and needs to submit at least 766,200 valid petition signatures to the state. As of Monday, the state had received 99,266 valid petition signatures, according to the Florida Division of Elections website.


It was not immediately clear Monday when the Supreme Court might hear arguments on the wording of the proposal.

The amendment would bar possession of "assault" weapons, though it includes exceptions such as for military or law-enforcement use and any type weapon may be used for "assault". Fake News chooses to ignore the question of why the govt needs to "assault" it's own citizens.

Also, it includes what Moody describes as a “grandfathering provision” for people who had the weapons before the amendment would take effect. Those people, in part, would be able to retain possession if they register with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Registration records would be available to local, state and federal law-enforcement agencies “for valid law enforcement purposes but shall otherwise be confidential,” the text of the proposed amendment says.

Ferdinand Marcos told his people that all they had to do was register their weapons with his govt and they could retain possession. Once registered, ALL weapons were confiscated, martial law was declared, and Dictator Marcos ruled for over 40 years.

The real purpose of this legislation is to create a list of gun owners for future confiscation. Registration of ANY firearm is only done for confiscation, but a list must be created FIRST, and then gun banners can
change the law once everyone is on the list. This is equal to the British registering any American colonist
who owned a musket for any reason. Muskets were a "military grade equivalent weapon" of that period.
Almost everyone had one. It was a requirement if you were a certain age.

The British were smart enough not to label the musket that everyone owned as an "assault" weapon.

In the document filed Friday with the Supreme Court, Moody contended that the ballot title and summary do not adequately explain issues related to grandfathering.

“Moreover, the ballot title and summary do not inform Florida’s electorate that virtually every lawful owner of a semi-automatic long-gun will be forced to register with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, or that this registry would be available to all local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies,” as well as any other agency once the law is changed under a democrat governor.

Moody wrote. “Nor do the ballot title and summary state the time within which preexisting long-gun owners must register their firearms that meet the proposed amendment’s definition of ‘assault weapon’ and avail themselves of the amendment’s grandfathering provision.”

But Schwartz, the aunt of Parkland shooting victim Alex Schachter, accused Moody of “playing politics.”

“It’s not surprising that the attorney general is now openly opposing measures to protect families, playing politics with Floridians’ lives in order to appease the gun lobby,” Schwartz said. “Year after year, elected officials like Ashley Moody have done nothing on this issue, as more and more families like my own are forced to reckon with the loss of our loved ones due to military-grade assault weapons at Parkland, at Pulse (nightclub in Orlando), or at the next mass shooting.”

The argument could be made that NOT OWNING A WEAPON IS WHY YOUR LOVED ONES DIED....but it would be racist not to sympathize and give up your Constitutional right to your own self defense.

Fake News and gun banners ignore that people own guns to protect their own family from the hordes of illegal immigrants, some of whom are repeat criminals. Gun banners also ignore the family protection aspect, and are ignoring that unlimited criminal immigrants are also supported by democrats who have no concern for citizens as long as democrats can retain their political power.