Knight & guns inside crowded Sarasota school shelters

[Unregistered]

Today during a televised SNN interview about Hurricane Irma, which is allegedly barreling towards us right now, Mr. Knight announced on TV that citizens can bring their guns inside crowded Sarasota school shelters. But at a Manatee shelter, a big sign says guns are not allowed inside their shelters. Guns were a non-issue, until Mr. Knight made his grandiose public announcement about bringing guns into crowded school shelters.

A non-issue should not be turned into a political issue. No other elected or appointed official throughout Florida has publicly politicized guns on TV during Hurricane Irma. Knight is a political magnet of the worst kind. He should focus on looming public safety issues, instead of grandstanding, based on his upcoming gun battle with the courts (regarding his insistence that guns can be brought into courthouses). It’s the wrong issue at the wrong time at the wrong place. Timing and political common sense are everything.

Guns are good, but Knight has turned them into an idiotic legal and political scandal of the worst kind. Mr. Knight, please just focus on Hurricane Irma and not on your political agendas. Safety first!

[Unregistered]

Mr. Knight announced on SNN that citizens can bring their guns inside crowded Sarasota school shelters.

I did not know that public access to school buildings meant that CCW permit holders can also bring their guns inside. Does that include the school's stadium activities, like at football games where the public has legal access? Knight similarly said that CCW permit holders can legally bring their guns inside certain court buildings.

Is Knight seeking legal advice before he makes these legal decisions for CCW permit holders?

[Unregistered]

I did not know that public access to school buildings meant that CCW permit holders can also bring their guns inside. Does that include the school's stadium activities, like at football games where the public has legal access? Knight similarly said that CCW permit holders can legally bring their guns inside certain court buildings.

Is Knight seeking legal advice before he makes these legal decisions for CCW permit holders?

Knight announced it on TV and it's in the SNN archives. He explained that if people have "public access" to school buildings, then CCW guns can be brought inside because all relevant laws apply. However, is he referring to only during an emergency or 365/7? Historically, CCW permit holders have not been allowed to bring their guns onto school property nor into school buildings. But maybe Knight knows something that we don't know? He should consult Chief Judge Charles Williams for more information. LOL

[Unregistered]

Knight announced it on TV and it's in the SNN archives. He explained that if people have "public access" to school buildings, then CCW guns can be brought inside because all relevant laws apply.

If someone is ever arrested for CCW (assuming they have a CCW permit) at a school event that has public access, then the defendant has a solid legal defense, based on what TK said on TV yesterday. Guns are allowed in all Sarasota County school buildings that the public has access to. That includes gyms, PTA meetings, auditoriums and football games.

[Unregistered]

Is Knight seeking legal advice before he makes these legal decisions for CCW permit holders?

Two words answer your question:

Hoffman / Steube

[Unregistered]

Two words answer your question:

Hoffman / Steube

Let's see how well that works out for him! :-)

[Unregistered]

If someone is ever arrested for CCW (assuming they have a CCW permit) at a school event that has public access, then the defendant has a solid legal defense, based on what TK said on TV yesterday. Guns are allowed in all Sarasota County school buildings that the public has access to. That includes gyms, PTA meetings, auditoriums and football games.

Knight is not even out of the woods yet on his last gun case:
https://www.scribd.com/document/355181357/TK-Rotisserie

It would be wise of Knight to wait until his first gun case (above link) is resolved before he tries to make new case law on allowing guns into school buildings, based primarily on public access laws.

[Unregistered]

So I guess that the knightmare has authority over FSS 790.06, (12)(a) 9? This boob needs to go!!

(12)(a) A license issued under this section does not authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed weapon or firearm into:
1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
4. Any courthouse;
5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom;
6. Any polling place;
7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special district;
8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms;
10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or administration building;
11. Any career center;
12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such purpose;
13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile;
14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or
15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law.

[Illegal knightmare]

So I guess that the knightmare has authority over FSS 790.06, (12)(a) 9? This boob needs to go!!

(12)(a) A license issued under this section does not authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed weapon or firearm into: ...
9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms;
10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or administration building;

Knight does not have the legal authority to tell CCW permit holders that it is legal for them to carry their guns into k-12 school buildings.

Thanks for posting the exact state statute that Knight is encouraging CCW permit holders to violate. Here is the statute online:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/...s/0790.06.html

This is an illegal knightmare.