Lawmakers Propose Allowing Guns In Airport Terminals
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Two Republican state lawmakers have filed bills which would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry their firearms in airport terminals.
The identical bills, filed by Sen. Wilton Simpson of Trilby and Rep. Jake Raburn of Lithia, will be considered during the legislative session that starts next Tuesday.
Under current law, people with concealed-weapons licenses are barred from carrying guns in airport terminals, with exceptions for situations such as people shipping guns.
The bills would lift the prohibition, though people could not have firearms in what are known as airport "sterile areas." Those areas are generally controlled by the federal Transportation Security Administration and include parts of airports where passengers board planes.
The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.