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Judge Strikes Gun-Toting Customers from Fla. 'Parking-lot' Law

Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 0

A federal judge in Tallahassee issued a split decision in the legal battle over Florida's new "parking-lot gun law" this week, striking the right of customers and invitees of businesses to keep guns in their locked cars, but upholding that right for employees with concealed weapons permits.In a ruling signed late Monday night, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle warned the "Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008" is plagued with conflicting language and constitutional pitfalls.Hinkle rejected the argument from the state's top business...

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