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2011 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS Entire Chapter
CHAPTER 790
CHAPTER 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
790.001
Definitions.
790.01
Carrying concealed weapons.
790.015
Nonresidents who are United States citizens and hold a concealed weapons license in another state; reciprocity.
790.02
Officer to arrest without warrant and upon probable cause.
790.051
Exemption from licensing requirements; law enforcement officers.
790.052
Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law enforcement officers.
790.053
Open carrying of weapons.
790.054
Prohibited use of self-defense weapon or device against law enforcement officer; penalties.
790.06
License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.
790.0601
Public records exemption for concealed weapons.
790.061
Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure provisions.
790.065
Sale and delivery of firearms.
790.0655
Purchase and delivery of handguns; mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.
790.07
Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weapons.
790.08
Taking possession of weapons and arms; reports; disposition; custody.
790.09
Manufacturing or selling slungshot.
790.10
Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms.
790.115
Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions.
790.145
Crimes in pharmacies; possession of weapons; penalties.
790.15
Discharging firearm in public.
790.151
Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substances; penalties.
790.153
Tests for impairment or intoxication; right to refuse.
790.155
Blood test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable force.
790.157
Presumption of impairment; testing methods.
790.16
Discharging machine guns; penalty.
790.161
Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties.
790.1612
Authorization for governmental manufacture, possession, and use of destructive devices.
790.1615
Unlawful throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging of destructive device or bomb that results in injury to another; penalty.
790.162
Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty.
790.163
False report about planting bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction; penalty.
790.164
False reports concerning planting a bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction in, or committing arson against, state-owned property; penalty; reward.
790.165
Planting of “hoax bomb” prohibited; penalties.
790.166
Manufacture, possession, sale, delivery, display, use, or attempted or threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction or hoax weapon of mass destruction prohibited; definitions; penalties.
790.169
Juvenile offenders; release of names and addresses.
790.17
Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms to minors under 18 years of age prohibited.
790.173
Legislative findings and intent.
790.174
Safe storage of firearms required.
790.175
Transfer or sale of firearms; required warnings; penalties.
790.18
Sale or transfer of arms to minors by dealers.
790.19
Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupied; vessels, aircraft, buses, railroad cars, streetcars, or other vehicles.
790.22
Use of BB guns, air or gas-operated guns, or electric weapons or devices by minor under 16; limitation; possession of firearms by minor under 18 prohibited; penalties.
790.221
Possession of short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun; penalty.
790.225
Ballistic self-propelled knives; unlawful to manufacture, sell, or possess; forfeiture; penalty.
790.23
Felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices unlawful.
790.233
Possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when person is subject to an injunction against committing acts of domestic violence; penalties.
790.235
Possession of firearm or ammunition by violent career criminal unlawful; penalty.
790.24
Report of medical treatment of certain wounds; penalty for failure to report.
790.25
Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other weapons.
790.251
Protection of the right to keep and bear arms in motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes; prohibited acts; duty of public and private employers; immunity from liability; enforcement.
790.256
Public service announcements.
790.27
Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibited; penalties.
790.29
Paramilitary training; teaching or participation prohibited.
790.31
Armor-piercing or exploding ammunition or dragon’s breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells prohibited.
790.33
Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted.
790.331
Prohibition of civil actions against firearms or ammunition manufacturers, firearms trade associations, firearms or ammunition distributors, or firearms or ammunition dealers.
790.333
Sport shooting and training range protection; liability; claims, expenses, and fees; penalties; preemption; construction.
790.335
Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records.
790.336
Lists, records, or registries to be destroyed.
790.338
Medical privacy concerning firearms; prohibitions; penalties; exceptions.