{"id":78878,"date":"2017-09-07T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=78878"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:17:24","slug":"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hurricane Gun Law&#8217; Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_78879\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scott-Irma.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78879\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scott-Irma-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scott-Irma-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scott-Irma-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scott-Irma.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Gov. Rick Scott preparing for Hurricane Irma. (<em>Photo: Miami Herald<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Floridians fleeing Hurricane Irma have been granted an additional means of protection. A 2015 Florida law known commonly as the \u201churricane gun law\u201d allows those taking part in a mandatory evacuation to carry a concealed firearm for 48 hours without a valid permit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the law in 2015, Unified Sportsmen of Florida\u2019s Marion Hammer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/09\/06\/floridas-hurricane-gun-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">commented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cThis bill is a no-brainer, particularly in Florida with our hurricane exposure. When you\u2019re ordered to evacuate \u2014 to take your kids, your dog and valuables and flee \u2014 the last thing you should <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/cia-agent-found-dead-in-car-leaves-behind-1200-guns-230000\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6361\">leave behind<\/a> is your gun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gov. Scott can also extend the timeline to allow evacuees to carry concealed for a greater amount of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith Hurricane Irma now a category 5 storm, we must do all we can to prepare our families and communities for any potential impact from this major weather event,\u201d Scott said in a statement. \u201cWe do not know the exact path of this storm, but weather can change in an instant and while we hope for the best, we must prepare for the worst.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida\u2019s expansion of Second Amendment rights comes in the wake of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/virgin-island-gov-signs-confiscation-order-ahead-hurricane-irma\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">opposite response<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose governor signed an order Monday instructing law enforcement personnel to confiscate firearms and ammunition from residents before the arrival of Hurricane Irma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response, the National Rifle Association is threatening legal action if Gov. Kenneth Mapp refuses to reverse the order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeople need the ability to protect themselves during times of natural disaster,\u201d said Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA, in a press release. \u201cThis dangerous order violates the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens and puts their lives at risk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The NRA won a similar lawsuit in 2005 against New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who tried to confiscate firearms in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gov. Scott <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/09\/06\/hurricane-irma-may-bring-significant-storm-surge-to-florida-governor-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Wednesday that Irma remains a \u201cdangerous and life-threatening Category 5,\u201d and the National Weather Service called the storm \u201cpotentially catastrophic.\u201d A hurricane watch has been issued for south Florida, the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/florida-governor-veto-legislation-arm-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6362\">governor urged Florida<\/a> residents in these areas to \u201cget out quickly&#8221; if they\u2019re told to evacuate, adding that 25,000 people have already been evacuated from the Florida Keys. Mandatory evacuations have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridadisaster.org\/PublicMapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">issued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> all along the Florida coast, including in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiBeachPD\/status\/905575462868484096\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2F2017%2F09%2F06%2Fhurricane-irma-may-bring-significant-storm-surge-to-florida-governor-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miami<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evacuees are fleeing to designated evacuation zones and refugee centers. Some have even travelled up the state into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/georgia\/2017-09-07\/florida-evacuees-streaming-georgia\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\" title=\"'Hurricane Gun Law' Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Georgia.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floridians fleeing Hurricane Irma have been granted an additional means of protection. A 2015 Florida law known commonly as the \u201churricane gun law\u201d allows those taking part in a mandatory evacuation to carry a concealed firearm for 48 hours without a valid permit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":78879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"manual","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,593],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Hurricane Gun Law&#039; Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Floridians fleeing Hurricane Irma have been granted an additional means of protection.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hurricane-gun-law-allows-irma-evacuees-carry-concealed-wo-permit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Hurricane Gun Law&#039; Allows Irma Evacuees to Carry Concealed w\/o Permit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Floridians fleeing Hurricane Irma have been granted an additional means of protection. 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