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By the Committees on Community Affairs; and Criminal Justice;
and Senator Richter
578-00732-16 2016130c2
A bill to be entitled
An act relating to discharging a firearm; amending s.
790.15, F.S.; prohibiting the recreational discharge
of a firearm in certain residential areas; providing
criminal penalties; providing exceptions; providing an
effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 790.15,
Florida Statutes, to read:
790.15 Discharging firearm in public or on residential
property.—
(4) Any person who recreationally discharges a firearm
outdoors, including for target shooting or celebratory shooting,
in an area that the person knows or reasonably should know is
primarily residential in nature and that has a residential
density of one or more dwelling units per acre, commits a
misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082 or s. 775.083. This subsection does not apply:
(a) To a person lawfully defending life or property or
performing official duties requiring the discharge of a firearm;
(b) If, under the circumstances, the discharge does not
pose a reasonably foreseeable risk to life, safety, or property;
or
(c) To a person who accidentally discharges a firearm.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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