Bush Signs Bills Nixing Gun Range Lawsuits and Gun Owner Lists

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Thursday, May 13







TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gun range owners received almost total immunity from lead cleanup lawsuits and police were banned from keeping comprehensive lists of law-abiding gun owners, under bills signed Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush.


The National Rifle Association praised Bush for signing the bills, both of which were pushed hard by the gun-owners' group.
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The measure (SB 1156), which Bush signed in a private ceremony, bans such lawsuits, making it a misdemeanor for anyone to bring a claim against a range over the cleanup of old ammunition.

The bill, however, requires state environment regulators to set up a protocol for how gun ranges should prevent lead contamination of their property and nearby land and water. Among the ideas that will be part of the plan is the use of lead-free ammunition.

If ranges follow the plan, they can't be sued.

Under the other bill (HB 155), police and government agencies could be fined $5 million if they keep a list of people who own firearms.

The measure doesn't apply to lists created as part of a criminal investigation.

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...was that I can't remember any law that made filing a lawsuit a criminal act. Anybody know of any precident?