***ALERT *** Help is Needed Protecting Floridaâ??s Gun-Owners Money from Funding Raid

Posted: 02.05.10 02:22 AM

HB-651 by Representative David Rivera (R) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Natural Resources Appropriations Committee at 9:30 am, Wednesday, February 10.HB-651 is a bill to STOP legislative raids from removing (confiscate) gun-owner money from the Division of Licensing Trust Fund â?? which holds the funds to administer the Concealed Weapons & Firearms Licensing program.Last year, the legislature took $6 million from the Division of Licensing Concealed Weapons and Firearm Trust Fund that is intended, by law, to be used solely for administering the concealed weapons and firearms licensing program. (Read background information below)Gov. Charlie Crist stood up for gun owners and VETOED that trust fund raid.Representative Rivera’s bill will stop any future raids.

Source: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5359