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This past October, every local gun ordinance went away as the state assumed all responsibility for where guns can and not be carried with a concealed weapons permit. One County is suing and as Mike Vasilinda tells us, two state lawmakers say there are glitches in the law that need to be fixed.

Walk into a county court house anywhere in Florida legally carrying a concealed weapon and you’ll go to jail. But a block away or around the corner at a City Hall, it’s a different story.

City halls are different than courthouses; you can pack heat inside a city building, as long as you’re not going to an official meeting of a city commission.

You can’t take a legally concealed gun into a jail, a police station or a school, but you can take one into a day care or Pre-K center. State Senator Maria Sachs calls that a glitch in the law that needs fixing.

If you’re not allowed to carry a gun into a school where children are 5 years-old, I’m sure the law should extend to those who are 4, and 3 and 2,” Sachs said.

The state has always had supreme authority to say where and where not guns can be carried, but until October there was no penalty for local officials enacting tougher restrictions. But now those same local officials can face stiff fines and even removal from office.

Only one county, Palm Beach, has cried foul. It is suing the state.

“The punitive action of a governor removing someone from office, that is, we believe, a step too far,” Palm Beach County Commission Chair Shelly Vanna said.

Lawmakers who passed the change aren’t likely to give local officials more authority with a tragedy, which is what those seeking more local control say they are hoping to avoid.

More than eight hundred thousand people in Florida have concealed weapons permits.