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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
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F.S. 790.16
790.16 Discharging machine guns; penalty.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any machine gun upon, across, or along any road, street, or highway in the state; upon or across any public park in the state; or in, upon, or across any public place where people are accustomed to assemble in the state. The discharge of such machine gun in, upon, or across such public street; in, upon, or across such public park; or in, upon, or across such public place, whether indoors or outdoors, including all theaters and athletic stadiums, with intent to do bodily harm to any person or with intent to do damage to property not resulting in the death of another person shall be a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082. A sentence not exceeding life imprisonment is specifically authorized when great bodily harm to another or serious disruption of governmental operations results.
(2) This section shall not apply to the use of such machine guns by any United States or state militia or by any law enforcement officer while in the discharge of his or her lawful duty in suppressing riots and disorderly conduct and in preserving and protecting the public peace or in the preservation of public property, or when said use is authorized by law.
History.s. 1, ch. 16111, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7748(1); s. 746, ch. 71-136; s. 5, ch. 72-724; s. 1, ch. 76-38; s. 1214, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 790.16


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 790.16
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S790.16 - FIRING WEAPON - REMOVED - F: F
S790.16 1 - FIRING WEAPON - DISCHRG MACHINE GUN BODILY HARM OR DAMAGE PROP - F: F



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L. DEAN, v. NORTHSIDE DRIVE, INC., 224 F. Supp. 3d 1302 (N.D. Ga. 2016)

. . . . § 790.16. .The agency designated to provide interpretations of the FLSA is the Administrator of the . . .

REGAN, v. CITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,, 131 F. Supp. 3d 541 (D.S.C. 2015)

. . . . § 790.16(a) (“In addition to acting (or omitting to act) in good faith and in conformity with an administrative . . .

SWIGART v. FIFTH THIRD BANK,, 870 F. Supp. 2d 500 (S.D. Ohio 2012)

. . . . § 790.16(a). . . .

GAXIOLA v. WILLIAMS SEAFOOD OF ARAPAHOE, INC. L., 776 F. Supp. 2d 117 (E.D.N.C. 2011)

. . . . § 790.16(a). . . .

BOLLINGER v. RESIDENTIAL CAPITAL, LLC,, 761 F. Supp. 2d 1114 (W.D. Wash. 2011)

. . . . § 790.16. . . .

DE LEON- GRANADOS, v. ELLER SONS TREES, INC., 581 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (N.D. Ga. 2008)

. . . . §§ 790.14(a); 790.16(a). . . .

SISK, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION,, 590 F. Supp. 2d 1001 (W.D. Tenn. 2008)

. . . . § 790.16(a) (“[T]he employer must also prove that he actually relied upon [the administrative opinion . . .

In CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS WAGE AND HOUR LITIGATION, 632 F. Supp. 2d 368 (M.D. Pa. 2008)

. . . An employer must prove that he actually relied upon the administrative ruling. 29 C.F.R. 790.16(a). . . . interpretation; consequently, he has no defense under section 9 or section 10 of the Portal Act. 29 C.R.F. § 790.16 . . .

KETCHUM, v. CITY OF VALLEJO,, 523 F. Supp. 2d 1150 (E.D. Cal. 2007)

. . . . § 790.16(a). . . . . § 790.16(b). . . . .

DE LUNA- GUERRERO, v. NORTH CAROLINA GROWER S ASSOCIATION, INC., 370 F. Supp. 2d 386 (E.D.N.C. 2005)

. . . administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval, interpretation, enforcement policy or practice. 29 C.F.R. 790.16 . . .

IVORY, v. STATE, 707 So. 2d 424 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . incorrectly identified the additional offense of shooting into a dwelling/vehicle as a violation of section 790.16 . . .

A. SACK, v. MIAMI HELICOPTER SERVICE, INC. a, 986 F. Supp. 1456 (S.D. Fla. 1997)

. . . . § 790.16. 35.The Eleventh Circuit has opined that in order to avoid liquidated damages under the FLSA . . .

W. BAKER, v. GTE NORTH INCORPORATED,, 927 F. Supp. 1104 (N.D. Ind. 1996)

. . . . § 790.16. . . .

A. HULTGREN, v. COUNTY OF LANCASTER,, 753 F. Supp. 809 (D. Neb. 1990)

. . . that regulation refers the reader back to the regulations relating to § 259; i.e. 29 C.F.R. 790.13 to 790.16 . . .

STATE v. DIXON STATE v. D. SETSER, STATE v. HUNTER STATE v. L. SHEPPARD,, 283 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1973)

. . . .; bombing or machine-gunning in public places, § 790.16, F.S.1971 F.S.A.; homicide caused by a destructive . . .

STATE JOHNSON v. MAYO, 69 So. 2d 307 (Fla. 1954)

. . . See sections 779.07, 782.04, 790.16, 794.01, and 805.02, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A., for capital crimes . . .

KAM KOON WAN v. E. E. BLACK,, 75 F. Supp. 553 (D. Haw. 1948)

. . . order, ruling, approval or interpretation of an agency of the United States is required (§ 790.14 and § 790.16 . . .