FLA Bill Would Jail Minors for Posting Gun Pictures

[gilly32]

Where does it all end?

The bill states that anyone younger than 18 “who posts or publishes a picture of a firearm, a BB gun, an air or a gas-operated gun, or a device displayed to resemble a firearm to a social media page, post, profile, or account that is openly viewable to the public commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable” by a fine of $1,000 or up to a year in jail.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/ ... ial-media/

[WY_Not]

Sounds like people from all over the country need to flood the Florida Statehouse with pictures of their kids responsibly displaying/using their firearms.

Or perhaps this one might be a better choice.

Where does it all end?

The bill states that anyone younger than 18 “who posts or publishes a picture of a firearm, a BB gun, an air or a gas-operated gun, or a device displayed to resemble a firearm to a social media page, post, profile, or account that is openly viewable to the public commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable” by a fine of $1,000 or up to a year in jail.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/ ... ial-media/

[High Power]

I can't wait to see the first lawsuit on that legislation based on 1st Amendment grounds.

[WhyNot]

I am reminded of a picture of Pres. Obama, I think he was firing a over/under shotgun. One of his support staff said something like, ''Now,no one can use this''...
Well, in 1.00000045 seconds, ppl were posting it up all morphed up, red coat on the Pres., sign coming out the barrell ''bang'' etc.


Allll u gotta do is tell ppl they can't do something like this, and they'll get busy with doing it. I surmise FL servers will be overloaded, soon.

[M-Quigley]

So according to the wording of the proposed legislation, an anti gun teenager could be charged for virtue signaling by posting a pic or him or her cutting an air gun in half?

Also, the wording doesn't say the teenager has to actually be in the picture, only the gun (or a representation of one) So in effect, technically if a minor posts a picture of an armed cop they could technically be charged with a crime? Or a picture of a statue of a Minuteman soldier? Or is there an exception for that in the law that is not listed in the article?

[High Power]

Also, the wording doesn't say the teenager has to actually be in the picture, only the gun (or a representation of one) So in effect, technically if a minor posts a picture of an armed cop they could technically be charged with a crime? Or a picture of a statue of a Minuteman soldier? Or is there an exception for that in the law that is not listed in the article?

This could even be illegal.

[deanimator]

Constitutional roadkill.

[WY_Not]

Even if it is just for show and doomed to die in committee, anyone who backed or sponsored it should be flooded with pictures, comments, and public ridicule.

[bignflnut]

This is a wrongheaded bill, to be sure.

However, you do admire people who have such deep conviction that they're willing to dare somebody stop them. You appreciate people who so deeply believe something in their bones that they are not deterred by anything, be it common sense, the truth, or the law, in pursuit of what they believe to be just. These are not duplicitous people (except in the way they lie to sell it: "At/For the children"). They're not lukewarm. They're not waffling about anything. No punch is pulled.

Oh, they're wrong. But they're fully convinced / convicted of their belief.
They're on the march, taking no quarter, making the opponent spend time and capital maintaining the status quo.

BTW, Did you see Pelosi admit that schoolchildren are the battleground?

"I myself have always been for lowering the voting age to 16," Pelosi said. "I think it's really important to capture kids when they're in high school, when they're interested in all of this, when they're learning about government, to be able to vote."

Pull the Holder quote back out...
And the drumbeat goes on...unless we dismiss all of this evidence as "tinfoil".

Humanist Charles F. Potter writes, "Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, and every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school's meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?" (Charles F. Potter, "Humanism: A New Religion," 1930)

#Homeschool!