TAMPA, Fla. – Florida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request to ban visitors from carrying concealed weapons in downtown Tampa during the Republican National Convention in August.
The request came from Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who wroteScott to ask for an executive order to override state and federal laws allowingpeople with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms.
Buckhorn and others are concerned about people carrying guns at such a large, politically charged gathering.
In a same-day response to Buckhorn’s letter Tuesday, Scott, a Republican, said banning guns in the downtown area would infringe upon citizens' constitutionally protected rights to legally arm themselves.
“Like you, I share the concerns that ‘violentanti-government protests or other civilunrest’ can pose dangers,” Scott wrote in his two-page response. “But it is unclear howdisarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law.
Scott also said that his understanding is guns are already banned inside the convention center and in the surrounding “safety zone” created by the Secret Service.

Good job sir, we need more like him who will stand up for citizens rights

any way to infringe on the Second Amendment!