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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 47, between lines 25 and 26,

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17         Section 27.  Subsection (2) of section 790.06, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.--

20         (2)  The Department of State shall issue a license if

21  the applicant:

22         (a)  Is a resident of the United States or is a

23  consular security official of a foreign government that

24  maintains diplomatic relations and treaties of commerce,

25  friendship, and navigation with the United States and is

26  certified as such by the foreign government and by the

27  appropriate embassy in this country;

28         (b)  Is 21 years of age or older;

29         (c)  Does not suffer from a physical infirmity which

30  prevents the safe handling of a weapon or firearm;

31         (d)  Is not ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to

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 1  s. 790.23 by virtue of having been convicted of a felony;

 2         (e)  Has not been committed for the abuse of a

 3  controlled substance or been found guilty of a crime under the

 4  provisions of chapter 893 or similar laws of any other state

 5  relating to controlled substances within a 3-year period

 6  immediately preceding the date on which the application is

 7  submitted;

 8         (f)  Does not chronically and habitually use alcoholic

 9  beverages or other substances to the extent that his or her

10  normal faculties are impaired. It shall be presumed that an

11  applicant chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages

12  or other substances to the extent that his or her normal

13  faculties are impaired if the applicant has been committed

14  under chapter 397 or under the provisions of former chapter

15  396 or has been convicted under s. 790.151 or has been deemed

16  a habitual offender under s. 856.011(3), or has had two or

17  more convictions under s. 316.193 or similar laws of any other

18  state, within the 3-year period immediately preceding the date

19  on which the application is submitted;

20         (g)  Desires a legal means to carry a concealed weapon

21  or firearm for lawful self-defense;

22         (h)  Demonstrates competence with a firearm by any one

23  of the following:

24         1.  Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety

25  course approved by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

26  Commission or a similar agency of another state;

27         2.  Completion of any National Rifle Association

28  firearms safety or training course;

29         3.  Completion of any firearms safety or training

30  course or class available to the general public offered by a

31  law enforcement, junior college, college, or private or public

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 1  institution or organization or firearms training school,

 2  utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle

 3  Association, Criminal Justice Standards and Training

 4  Commission, or the Department of State;

 5         4.  Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety

 6  or training course or class offered for security guards,

 7  investigators, special deputies, or any division or

 8  subdivision of law enforcement or security enforcement;

 9         5.  Presents evidence of equivalent experience with a

10  firearm through participation in organized shooting

11  competition or military service;

12         6.  Is licensed or has been licensed to carry a firearm

13  in this state or a county or municipality of this state,

14  unless such license has been revoked for cause; or

15         7.  Completion of any firearms training or safety

16  course or class conducted by a state-certified or National

17  Rifle Association certified firearms instructor;

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19  A photocopy of a certificate of completion of any of the

20  courses or classes; or an affidavit from the instructor,

21  school, club, organization, or group that conducted or taught

22  said course or class attesting to the completion of the course

23  or class by the applicant; or a copy of any document which

24  shows completion of the course or class or evidences

25  participation in firearms competition shall constitute

26  evidence of qualification under this paragraph; any person who

27  conducts a course pursuant to subparagraph 2., subparagraph

28  3., or subparagraph 7., or who, as an instructor, attests to

29  the completion of such courses, must maintain records

30  certifying that he or she observed the student safely handle

31  and discharge the firearm;

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 1         (i)  Has not been adjudicated an incapacitated person

 2  under s. 744.331, or similar laws of any other state, unless 5

 3  years have elapsed since the applicant's restoration to

 4  capacity by court order;

 5         (j)  Has not been committed to a mental institution

 6  under chapter 394, or similar laws of any other state, unless

 7  the applicant produces a certificate from a licensed

 8  psychiatrist that he or she has not suffered from disability

 9  for at least 5 years prior to the date of submission of the

10  application;

11         (k)  Has not had adjudication of guilt withheld or

12  imposition of sentence suspended on any felony or misdemeanor

13  crime of domestic violence unless 3 years have elapsed since

14  probation or any other conditions set by the court have been

15  fulfilled, or the record has been sealed or expunged; and

16         (l)  Has not been issued an injunction that is

17  currently in force and effect and that restrains the applicant

18  from committing acts of domestic violence or acts of repeat

19  violence; and.

20         (m)  Is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing a

21  firearm by any other provision of Florida or federal law.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

28         On page 2, line 19, following the semicolon

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31         amending s. 790.06, F.S.; prescribing

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