Florida Gun

do you have a legal responsibility to secure your firearm the answer to that is yes I'm Tim Harvey I'm a licensed attorney in the state of Florida a retired law enforcement officer I'm here with my friend Joe who's a firearms instructor retired law enforcement officer we get questions all the time about what are my responsibilities today just want to talk to you briefly this is a Florida law issue or a Florida law question I can answer on whether or not we're required as firearms owners to secure our firearms now this is January 2020 just this week we had a situation where a child was left in the car with his father's firearm John got ahold of the firearm and ended up discharging the firearm and injuring himself this brings up that question do I have a legal responsibility and the answer is yes if you own a firearm in Florida you are required to secure it so that it is not immediately a