IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT THE UPDATES & NEW EDITIONS:
This page contains the latest free update for the updated GOLD edition of the book “Florida Firearms – Law, Use & Ownership”, completed in May 2023. All 9th edition books are now “out of date”, and should not be relied upon.
Please note that while free online updates contain major or important changes in the law, the book is updated in print once yearly, usually around July, the newest being May 2023. All books prior to the GOLD edition books are now out of date, and should be replaced. That’s because the law, as well as the case law that interprets it, is constantly changing – and as a practical matter if you want to be current — your book has a life span of only two years — updates or not. Plus, all reprints have additional sections and information prior ones did not. Remember, newer printings of the book will often have dramatic changes, additions, and coverage that prior versions do not have.
For your convenience there is an update to the new GOLD edition that appears below which you may download. Likewise, and for your information, as of the posting of this page, the most current printing of the book is the May 2023.
DANGER! NEWER ERRORS:
2022-2023 edition: FOUND ON PAGE 20 — last paragraph on page is incorrect: A person under the age of 21 cannot purchase a firearm in Florida — unless it is a rifle or shotgun by a person who is also in the US military, a law enforcement officer, or correctional officer. F.S. 790.065(13). There are other exceptions when a police agency purchases firearms for official purposes for its members. But normally, a purchase by anyone under 21 is a felony.
2023-2024 edition — page 161, paragraph 2, number 2: Federal school zone law requires any firearm that is knowingly transported within 1000 feet of a “school zone” to be unloaded and in a locked container, or unloaded in a locked gun rack – unless the person has a Florida CWL. Persons with out of state CWL’s or those who can qualify for the Florida CWL cannot knowingly transport any firearms within this prohibited zone. On the other hand, while within a vehicle or other conveyance, a person with a valid Florida CWL may transport firearms within this zone concealed, securely encased, or not readily accessible according to Florida laws.