Swordsmyth
06-19-2019, 10:31 PM
According to Dean Weingarten from Ammoland, anti-gun activists in Florida are campaigning (https://www.ammoland.com/2019/06/florida-ballot-initiative-seeks-to-ban-assault-weapons/#axzz5rJiAtbJL) to put an “assault weapons” ban amendment on the ballot for 2020.
Under this amendment, the future sale of nearly all semi-automatic rifles and some semi-automatic shotguns would be banned. Further, this amendment would require registration of “assault weapons” that are currently owned by certain gun owners.
So far, the organizers of the Florida referendum have gathered 100,000 signatures.
To put a Constitutional amendment up for a vote, they need at least 76,620 signatures to have the ballot title and summary to be approved by the Secretary of the State. Then, the organization has to collect another 666,200 valid signatures to put the measure on the ballot for the 2020 election.
Once the measure is placed on the ballot, 60% of the voters have to approve the measure in order for it to become an amendment of the Florida Constitution.
More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/florida-gun-control-activists-want-to-put-assault-weapons-ban-on-the-ballot/
Under this amendment, the future sale of nearly all semi-automatic rifles and some semi-automatic shotguns would be banned. Further, this amendment would require registration of “assault weapons” that are currently owned by certain gun owners.
So far, the organizers of the Florida referendum have gathered 100,000 signatures.
To put a Constitutional amendment up for a vote, they need at least 76,620 signatures to have the ballot title and summary to be approved by the Secretary of the State. Then, the organization has to collect another 666,200 valid signatures to put the measure on the ballot for the 2020 election.
Once the measure is placed on the ballot, 60% of the voters have to approve the measure in order for it to become an amendment of the Florida Constitution.
More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/florida-gun-control-activists-want-to-put-assault-weapons-ban-on-the-ballot/