In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, initiated its free child safety, gun lock giveaway in October 2022.
In-Gauge of Polk County, Inc. extends its appreciation to the Polk County League of Women Voters for partnering with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, and joining us in making available free gun safety locks to the residents of Polk County. Further, we express our sincere gratitude for assisting in getting out the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program’s message: “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell A Grownup“.
League of Women Voters – Polk County
– Andy Crossfield (left)
– Melinda Mailly (right)
In 2022, In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, located in Winter Haven, Florida, initiated its free child safety, gun lock giveaway, distributing free gun locks at the 46th Annual Lake Wales Pioneer Days Festival.
At its exhibitor booth, In-Gauge of Polk County promoted the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program and its message: “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell A Grownup“, through the distribution of free official Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program materials.
In-Gauge of Polk County will again be at this year’s Lake Wales Pioneer Days Festival, promoting Eddie Eagle’s child gun safety message: “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell A Grownup” with the goal of distributing 500 free gun safety locks.
Join us at the 47th Annual Lake Wales Pioneer Days Festival, October 28th and 29th, for fresh, hot, popcorn and a free gun safety lock.
About the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program
“STOP! DON’T TOUCH. RUN AWAY. TELL A GROWN-UP.”
The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program is a gun accident prevention program that for over 30 years has helped keep kids safe. The program was developed by a task force made up of educators, school administrators, curriculum specialists, urban housing safety officials, clinical psychologists, law enforcement officials and National Rifle Association firearm safety experts. It began in 1988 with one mission: teach children four simple, easy to remember steps so they know what to do if they ever come across a gun. In 2015 the NRA introduced a fresh, new Eddie and added some friends—his Wing Team. Though Eddie has evolved, his mission has not. Eddie and his friends are still focused on telling children that if they see a gun, they need to Stop! Don’t touch. Run away. Tell a grown-up.
In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, initiated its free child safety, gun lock giveaway in October 2022.
In-Gauge of Polk County, Inc. extends its appreciation to the Polk County League of Women Voters for partnering with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, and joining us in making available free gun safety locks to the residents of Polk County. Further, we express our sincere gratitude for assisting in getting out the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program’s message: “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell A Grownup“.
League of Women Voters – Polk County
– Andy Crossfield (left)
– Melinda Mailly (right)
In 2022, In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, located in Winter Haven, Florida, initiated its free child safety, gun lock giveaway, distributing free gun locks at the 46th Annual Lake Wales Pioneer Days Festival.
At its exhibitor booth, In-Gauge of Polk County promoted the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program and its message: “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell A Grownup“, through the distribution of free official Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program materials.
In-Gauge of Polk County will again be at this year’s Lake Wales Pioneer Days Festival, promoting Eddie Eagle’s child gun safety message: “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell A Grownup” with the goal of distributing 500 free gun safety locks.
Join us at the 47th Annual Lake Wales Pioneer Days Festival, October 28th and 29th, for fresh, hot, popcorn and a free gun safety lock.
About the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program
“STOP! DON’T TOUCH. RUN AWAY. TELL A GROWN-UP.”
The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program is a gun accident prevention program that for over 30 years has helped keep kids safe. The program was developed by a task force made up of educators, school administrators, curriculum specialists, urban housing safety officials, clinical psychologists, law enforcement officials and National Rifle Association firearm safety experts. It began in 1988 with one mission: teach children four simple, easy to remember steps so they know what to do if they ever come across a gun. In 2015 the NRA introduced a fresh, new Eddie and added some friends—his Wing Team. Though Eddie has evolved, his mission has not. Eddie and his friends are still focused on telling children that if they see a gun, they need to Stop! Don’t touch. Run away. Tell a grown-up.
This is a free presentation put on by In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, for the purpose of introducing the various methods of carrying a concealed firearm, available to women. This is an information and learning seminar, not a sales seminar. Although various products will be displayed and demonstrated, there will be no products offered for sale.
Cost: FREE (A FULLY REFUNDABLE $20 registration fee required to reserve a seat. Registration fee refunded upon clinic attendance. Attendance is required to receive the refund.)
Seating is limited – Pre-registration is required – No walk-ins will be allowed
This is a FREE, women only, METHODS of CARRYING CONCEALED presentation, conducted by In-Gauge of Polk County. This presentation will introduce the participant to the various methods of carrying a concealed firearm, while comparing and contrasting the advantages and disadvantage of the different methods available to women.
You can shop Amazon. You can shop eBay. You can watch YouTube videos. But you will not learn the advantages and disadvantages of the various carry methods and which method will work for you. Join us for this informative seminar. Why, you may ask. Because no one else is doing it and no one else will tell you the truth. This is an information seminar, not a sales seminar. No one is going to attempt to sell you anything.
This is not a sales seminar. Although various products will be demonstrated, this is not a sales seminar. Unlike classes and seminars conducted at hotels, there will be no insurance sales.
No license (permit) is required for participation in this presentation. This seminar is free and open to the public. However, preregistration is required, as seating is limited.
Please leave all firearms in your vehicle. No loaded firearms or live ammunition will be allowed in the training area.
Available, a 6-hour, basic handgun training course. A course that trains you to be proficient and confident in the handling and use of a handgun.
This is a 6-hour, handgun training course designed for both the beginning and intermediated shooter.
This course concentrates on skill development and shot placement. While developing confidence and proficiency in the safe handling use of a handgun.
Successful completion of the course fulfills the State of Florida’s training requirement for applying for a concealed carry license recognized in 37 sates. No further class or training will be required.
Next available course: Saturday, August 5th, at 9:00 AM.
This course is conducted by In-Gauge of Polk County, in Winter Haven, Florida. The course is conducted on a regular basis, on varying dates. Contact In-Gauge of Polk County for course availability, by phone at: 863-206-1996 or by email at: info.ingauge@gmail.com
They will have your back, while you are shopping, dining out, fueling your vehicle or attending church services.
Last weekend we graduated another class of trained public guardian, concealed firearm carriers. They took and completed over 15 hours of firearms training, even though with the change in Florida law taking effect July 1st, they did not have to.
These people completed over 15 hours of advanced firearms training and will have your back, while you are shopping, dining out, fueling your vehicle or attending church services. Unlike many of those about you after July 1st, these people have been trained.
They committed to being trained in the safe and proficient use of their firearm.
Beginning July 1st, in Florida, no training, background check or licensing will be required to carry a firearm in public.
When you decide to receive training beyond that you received in a ‘concealed carry’ class and want to become confident and proficient in the use of your firearm, contact us. It would be our pleasure to prepare you to carry a firearm in public or for home defense.
Firearms training is all we do. We are your neighbors. We are the only NRA chartered, non-profit firearms training organization in central Florida. We are here to serve you.
Basically, the change in Florida’s concealed carry law will not affect your status of possessing a Florida medical marijuana card and possessing a firearm.
First, it is licenseless carry, not permitless or Constitutional carry.
In other states, it may be a permit. But in Florida, it is a license.
How will Florida’s new licenseless carry law affect you if you possess a medical marijuana card?
Basically, the change in Florida’s concealed carry law will not affect your status of possessing a Florida medical marijuana card and possessing a firearm. You will still be prohibited from doing so. See the news article below.
FLORIDA’S NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY LAW AND POT-NO GUN FOR YOU By Howard Levy – June 25, 2023 – Deerfield News
Part one- Deerfield-News. com-Deerfield Beach, Fl-What is the law regarding pot smokers with or without a medical card buying, carrying, and or possessing a gun? On Monday, April 3, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 543 into law. This bill, strengthening the second amendment, eliminates the requirement that an individual obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm in Florida. This law goes into effect July 1,2023.
Before we get into the medical marijuana laws that conflict with gun laws in Florida, we first have to clear the air or some misunderstandings that have come up around this issue. First, we have to address the fact that Florida has not passed any laws barring medical marijuana patients from owning guns.
The conflict between medical marijuana laws and gun laws is that cannabis remains to be federally banned. Anyone with any addiction to any illegally obtained drug including marijuana, is exempt from gun ownership and possession.
Under Federal Law, no one who uses cannabis should own or possess a weapon. This law certainly pertains to marijuana users who do not have a medical card or those that smoke it and buy it on the black market. The unchanging federal prohibition on controlled substances, including marijuana, prohibits the possession or purchase of firearms by anyone who uses those controlled substances, including marijuana.
Plainly stated, this means that if you are going to be a medical marijuana patient and get a legal medical marijuana card, you will not be able to purchase or possess firearms. Technically the same applies to nonmedical marijuana card holders that use marijuana.
Conflict Between Federal And State Law
There are three federal laws that are in conflict with local state laws that allow for the legal possession and purchase of medical marijuana, they are:
The controlled substances act: cannabis and THC are classified as Schedule 1 drugs which means prohibits anyone from producing, possessing, or selling them.
Title 18, Section 922 of the United States Code: this law states that it is illegal for anyone who uses a controlled substance to buy or possess a firearm.
The same law also prohibits the sale or transfer of a gun to anyone who uses a controlled substance.
Form 4473: The ATF has implemented this form as part of the legal process of purchasing a gun from a gun store.
There are specific questions on the 4473 Form that, if answered honestly, would prohibit a medical marijuana patient from purchasing a gun. The form even has this warning: “Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.”
So if the gun seller knows that you are a medical marijuana patient, they would be in their right to deny selling you a gun.
Reports are that some police departments in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Hawaii have taken it upon themselves to enforce federal law over state law by informing medical marijuana patients they must either turn in or dispose of their guns.
The Situation In Florida
Although other states have taken the hard stance of denying medical marijuana patients the right to own a gun, Florida seems to be one of the states where that is not the case for these reasons:
The gun-show loophole: Although buying from a private dealer does not make it legal under federal law for a marijuana user to own a gun, the transaction can be made without filling out the federal 4473 form.
The FORMER Florida Agricultural Commissioner, Nikki Fried, has a medical marijuana card and also has a concealed carry permit. Her office has made it clear that they will not deny gun rights to medical marijuana patients. Here is her official statement:
“ON CONCEALED WEAPONS LICENSES AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARDS, THE ISSUE IS PRETTY CLEAR — FLORIDA STATUTE 790.06 PROVIDES A LIMITED LIST OF FACTORS (SUCH AS FELONY ARRESTS, WHETHER THE INSTRUCTOR DEEMS THE APPLICANT CAPABLE, ETC.) UPON WHICH OUR DEPARTMENT MUST APPROVE OR DENY A CONCEALED WEAPONS LICENSE. THEREFORE, THE DEPARTMENT IS PROHIBITED FROM ASKING QUESTIONS OUTSIDE THAT SCOPE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD POSSESSION.”
Office of Nikki Fried Florida Agricultural Commisioner. Tweet
While Florida has changed its stance on Marijuana, the federal government has not. So it is technically illegal to possess and purchase a gun while having a medical marijuana card, the state of Florida is not actively denying you that right as of now. This question will be settled in Federal Court or by an Act of Congress. There are currently 3 cases pending on this issue on point. The Supreme Court will have the final say if Congress does not change the law.
Commemorating National STOP THE BLEED Month, In-Gauge of Polk County donated a STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kit to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation, in rural Lake Wales.
Commemorating National STOP THE BLEED Month, Saturday, May 20th, In-Gauge of Polk County donated a STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kit to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation, in rural Lake Wales.
Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation Chief Ranger Kevin Slater receives a STOP THE BLEED emergency blood loss control kit donated by In-Gauge of Polk County.
Saturday, May 20th, In-Gauge of Polk County donated a STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kit to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation, in rural Lake Wales. Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation Chief Ranger Kevin Slater accepted the kit on behalf of the Scout reservation.
May is National STOP THE BLEED Month and in an effort to generate public awareness of the ability to prevent needless deaths, due to traumatic blood loss, through simple easy to use techniques, with simple, easy to use equipment, In-Gauge of Polk County is donating emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kits to high-risk venues.
Saturday’s donation to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation was In-Gauge’s second donation to a non-profit organization in as many weeks. Two weeks ago In-Gauge donated a STOP THE BLEED kit to the Florida Frontiersmen’s Alafia River Rendezvous Park shooting sports program.
In-Gauge will be donating emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kits to other non-profit organizations throughout the month of May.
Janet Ergle, a certified STOP THE BLEED instructor, with In-Gauge, said they will continue donating kits to worthy, non-profit organizations throughout May. “We have several other organizations currently waiting to receive their kits.” “We will get their kits to them as quickly as we can.” “We will be busy the next couple of weeks.” said Ergle.
Any non-profit organization having the need for a kit, can request one by simply sending an email request to info.ingauge@gmail.com or through ‘CONTACT US‘ on the In-Gauge website. Requests will be evaluated and granted based on need.
In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, in Winter Haven, Florida specializes in firearms safety training and is a licensed affiliate ofSTOPTHEBLEED.org. In addition to conducting firearms training, In-Gauge offers free STOP THE BLEED training clinics to the public.
In-Gauge will be conducting free, official STOP THE BLEED training clinics throughout the month of May. Day and afternoon, weekday and weekend classes are being conducted. Pre-registration is required for participation. Registration for the clinics can be done on the In-Gauge website or through EVENTBRITE.
The only thing more tragic than a life lost is a life needlessly lost that could have been saved.
In observance of National STOP THE BLEED Month, In-Gauge of Polk County will be conducting FREE, open to the public, Stop The Bleed tourniquet raining clinics during the month of May, beginning May 20th.
How it works:
Simply complete the FREE, 20 minute, Stop The Bleed online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Then schedule your FREE Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment session
You can take and complete the online, ‘Interactive Training‘ at your convenience, any time prior to your scheduled skills training and assessment appointment.
We look forward to your participation in the 2023 National STOP THE BLEED Month.
The only thing more tragic than a life lost is a life needlessly lost that could have been saved.
In observance of National STOP THE BLEED Month, In-Gauge of Polk County will be conducting FREE, open to the public, Stop The Bleed tourniquet raining clinics during the month of May, beginning May 9th.
How it works:
Simply complete the FREE, 20 minute, Stop The Bleed online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Then schedule your FREE Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment session
You can take and complete the online, ‘Interactive Training‘ at your convenience, any time prior to your scheduled skills training and assessment appointment.
We look forward to your participation in the 2023 National STOP THE BLEED Month.
The only thing more tragic than a life lost is a life needlessly lost that could have been saved.
Help us save lives through our STOP THE BLEED community fundraising campaign.
A person can bleed to death in less than 3 minutes.
There is no greater feeling of helplessness than to watch someone’s life pass before your eyes, as you standby helpless without a simple $30 piece of equipment that could save their life and knowing how to use it.
Even in communities well served by EMS services, a person can bleed to death in less than 3 minutes. It is our goal and that of STOPTHEBLEED.org to prevent needless deaths.
In-Gauge of Polk County, a non-profit organization in Winter Haven, Florida is raising funds to purchase STOP THE BLEED training kits and emergency bleeding control tourniquet kits to be distributed in public venues throughout Polk County, Florida.
The training kits will be used for training the general public in free STOP THE BLEEDtraining classes.
The tourniquet kits will be distributed at public venues, selected schools and other non-profit organizations.
In-Gauge of Polk County, a licensed affiliate of STOPTHEBLEED.org is raising money to purchase emergency use, blood loss control, tourniquet kits. The kits will be distributed at selected public locations throughout Polk County, for use by the public, in the event of a blood loss emergency. Further information on the project and how to donate can be found at . . . https://gofund.me/b68d5e6b
