BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Florida Carry,
Inc., today joined forces in a lawsuit against the City of Tallahassee
for refusing to change an ordinance restricting the discharge of
firearms in defiance of the state preemption statute.
Named as defendants in the case, which was filed in the Second
Judicial Circuit Court for Leon County, are Tallahassee Mayor John
Marks, and City Commissioners Nancy Miller, Andrew Gillum and Gil
Ziffer. SAF and Florida Carry are represented by Jacksonville attorneys
Lesley McKinney with McKinney, Wilkes & Mee, and Eric J. Friday with
Fletcher & Phillips.
“We’re happy to partner with Florida Carry on this legal action,”
said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb. “This is
not the first time we have had to take a city to court for violating a
state preemption law. Why municipal governments still don’t understand
the concept of preemption is a mystery to us.”
“We became aware of Tallahassee’s illegal regulation as we looked to
expand SAF’s on-going preemption project, which has rolled back dozens
of illegal gun regulations in the six states we have targeted so far,”
added SAF General Counsel Miko Tempski.
“Since 2011, Florida Carry has prompted the repeal of anti-gun
ordinances and regulations in over 200 Florida jurisdictions, including
municipalities, counties, colleges and state agencies,” noted Florida
Carry Executive Director Sean Caranna. “Usually the jurisdiction is
responsive to our notification that there is a problem and no lawsuit is
necessary. It is a rare and unfortunate circumstance when local
government leaders decide to willfully break state law, despite the
personal penalties. When local officials are willing to knowingly
violate the law in order to suppress the rights of law-abiding gun
owners, they can expect that we’re going to make them pay for it.”
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