now you guys are treating me like a a criminal yes you are I haven't pointed a gun at anybody did then why am I in C relax did you smoke weed today no I didn't okay I can smell I can smell I don't know dude now you're trying to fish and now I can smell alcohol sh the incident began with a man walking to a fishing location openly carrying a firearm as permitted by Florida law Florida statute 79 0.25 Section 3 subsection H States a person engaged in fishing camping or lawful hunting or going to or returning from such an expedition May openly carry a firearm despite this clear provision officers stopped him immediately treating him as a suspect and demanding he drop his fishing rod and disarm although calm he insisted on his rights pointing out the relevant law multiple times like that yeah yeah it's real absolutely those are real absolutely okay drop your fishing rod hold on under Florida state statute drop your fishy Rod we're going to make sure we're safe we're going to make sure we're safe we are safe hold on you can't you can't relax hold on saying you can't have them there's no open car law there is there is no under Florida statute hey excuse me sir if you just relax sir if you want to look at my backpack right now there's the Florida statute in my backpack open carry with 15 yes sir there is yes okay absolutely I want to see the force they look for it hey can you reach in my bag huh no with a small gun small and large it does doesn't matter while I'm engaged in fishing hunting and camping going to and from such an event really under Florida State Statute 790.25 okay section three subsection h8 it is completely lawful for me to do this walk the sidewalk with a going where I'm going to go fishing yes absolutely okay with a rifle absolutely it doesn't right now you guys are treating me like a a criminal yes you are trying to find what's going on well then you can take the I have I haven't been I haven't been aggressive nobody say you well then what are the Cuffs for what are the Cuffs what are the Cuffs for I'm not I haven't pointed a gun at anybody then why am I in cuffs relax the officers escalated the situation by placing the man in handcuffs without articulating any illegal act he committed under Florida Law Officers May detain individuals only when there is reasonable suspicion of a crime as upheld in terv Ohio the man firmly asserted his Fourth Amendment right against illegal searches and seizures refusing to consent to any search of his belongings despite his compliance officers began removing his equipment and weapons claiming safety concerns without evidence of any threat for safety okay you want to what do you want to know I don't want to walk anywhere I want to stand right here all right I do not come no no no because you have are they loaded the AR is not my handgun is and and I do not consent I am going to go ahead and my first my second my fourth and my fifth you have a CCW perment I'm not concealing a weapon even if I was the statue the Statue allows me to carry a open carry absolutely or if I wanted while I'm fishing hunting and carry a a firearm a sidearm a side and long gun it doesn't matter okay you carry a hunting gun but it's a hunting gun yeah but not the not the pistol it doesn't matter it it while you're okay we're going to everybody's going to learn a good valuable lesson today well that would be great we would love to hear that are you going to apologize no I do not consent I do not consent to any search or seizures of my property okay well you don't really have that option right now okay why don't you guys look into the statue before you in your backpack wasn't it so you can look in you can you can look into my backpack in the top top bag top bag okay top zipper there's a there's a little pamphlet and there's also the entire Florida State statues on the 79 bait stuff okay cuz it's careful my social security card and stuff is in there in that little bag and like I said I am preaching my Fourth Amendment right right now that's fine and you cannot allowing I'm yes what's the Fourth Amendment illegal search and seizures okay okay Fifth Amendment that's me talking my second is my gun and my first is me recording you guys have an ID in here sir no I do not adjust your social security number just look at the Florida statute and we can go ahead and move forward from this you don't have an ID I I I I don't know if I have an ID on me normally I don't care it because I'm not doing anything legal stat you do not if I'm doing something if doing something illegal yes I have to I have to provide that that's not true it is 100% true anytime law enation um you know some okay we'll go over it yeah we're going to go over it I would like go lawyer I do okay can I I actually can I can I call my lawyer right now right now soon I I would like to call my lawyer you could call your lawyer after after what I'm right now I'm trying to you being detained for what because we were explain to you for what what what what have I done illegal that is not illegal okay so so right now we see any other people walk around with a gun open in state of Florida yes I have on their side open like yes absolutely really when um let's see June 24th yeah how many people how many uh there was there was seven there were seven people on June 24th there was over 40 people at Miami Beach on October 28th yeah on the beach carrying open gun absolutely I can show you videos of it if you want to look at your phone you can check we double check and if I'm wrong I'll apologize to yeah you and I promise and I promise you will get a call and I I actually open right over here by your substation day in and day out it's so funny like that and it's so funny that you guys don't know your laws okay did you know the same Florida statute I'm talking about allows you to open carry your statute it's I think it's under L why do we have a CCW why do we have caral Department because that was adopted that was adopted in 1987 so why do we have a CCW then that's only carry and conceal in the State of Florida that's if I want to conceal it you can't open if I want to conceal they wouldn't have that law then but they also have another different law that states clearly stat it's the same reason you get the open carry your firearm no we're in law enforcement sir I know and that's in the statute it's in the statute not for Citizens I'm going to as soon as I get out of these handcuffs I'm going to show you the Florida statute that after I got my CCW they handed me a pamphlet with the 790 statut so you get your CCW to carry so you get your CCW to carry concealed but you're able to carry your gun open while I'm engaged in fishing hunting and camping okay well right now I I would like to get your supervisor from a park it does um it doesn't matter it's oh it doesn't matter no absolutely not City fishing I am I was look right over there yeah I can I'm going to show you video and I've got video of me fishing from actually from this part all the way down to Veterans Memorial Parky yes I do okay did you smoke weed today no I didn't okay I can smell I can smoke I don't know dude now you're trying to fish and I'm just I'm just smell it okay dude I haven't touched marijuana nothing dude and I can't believe you just try to insinuate that I can smell something smell I can smell alcohol oh sh you guys are killing me with your freaking insinuations and [ __ ] did you find a law what was let me see what was the St 790.25 section2 yes and then the open carry statute is 790.053 and it does say it is not allowed but when you look at the 79 always says it's not allowed hold on now there's another statute okay go ahead you have while detained the man repeatedly explained the specifics of the law to officers who appeared unfamiliar with it Florida statute 790.053 generally prohibits open carry but exempts individuals engaged in activities such as fishing as upheld under 790.25 he cited these laws even offering a printed copy from his backpack which officers reluctantly reviewed his deep knowledge of the statutes left the officers fumbling for justification as their claims were systematically refuted to read the statute sir just like you have so which one says you're allowed 79525 section 3 25 section 3 correct 25 section 3 yeah subsection H subsection H and then if you look further down you'll see l or M and that's the one that actually allows you to open carry your firearm what was that again we're not allowed to what I said that that's the law that allows you to carry your firearm section L or M it's one of the two oh okay I'm going to be honest with you I'm looking at this stuff that you have okay Y and I'm reading it yeah yeah yeah and it it unfortunately ends right at the part where it discusses where you can have firearm so is there something in here it doesn't any firearm it doesn't statute AR in here yes or no yes ma'am 790.25 Section 3 subsection tell don't see you have to scroll through there the whole statue is there man the whole booklet to this because trying to make a statement no I have it because I have to try to show Law Enforcement that they're wrong 7589 so you do this often yes you come into contact with I've got 40 videos on YouTube of me going across the State of Florida doing this how about what law enforcement oh yes Miami Miami Beach Police Department is getting sued right now so yes because I'm being detained correct and they are being sued because it is a lawful activity while engaged in fishing hunting camping going to from such an event where were you heading Michael I was going to that pond right over there just past lingate on the right hand side of the road I was going to cross at the crosswalk walk down the public easement to that little pond I'm not trying to fight you but I know which subsection H 10 turn the next page H so you're going to go fishing at that you're going to shoot you're going to sh I'm not going to shoot anything this is this is my protection for me against anybody that tries to do harm to me oh so now you're so you're not using you're not using this for fishing it doesn't it tells you okay so h a person engaged in F camping from okay l or M L okay the one turtle one of them's for uh for police officers it says ful securely encased Okay so aren't securely in case they are so then which was the next subsection that you wanted me to look at uh right now I'm trying I'm trying to help you out but look at your sections like look through them because you guys should know these okay so you don't know I do know section what the part doesn't while engag and fishing at this yeah it says while engaged and fish what's the beginning part what's the beginning part say lawful uses the provisions of sub 79. 053 and 06 go to those two statutes and one's going to be going to make me do a lot of work for this it you guys should know the statute all right so we're going to put you in the back of my police car we're going to take off all your weapons and in your in your backpack okay and then we'll research this and when we come to a conclusion we'll let you go it's not going to come off like that the only way to get it's going to come off over my shoulder with my backpack on okay2 I would like to call my lawyer please that's absolutely fine I'll chance to do that my right now as soon as I soon as I get out of this and you can let me freaking call my lawyer absolutely not a problem signal 12 no tag no no I do not consent sir do not consent do not consent if you turn that off there's going to be there's going to be serious repercussions I do not consent to you removing my camera and turning it off I do need um did you Fe me ask her to give me a 45 on the radio no I haven't heard anything cuz I'm sitting over here with my out my firearms they're unloading my firearms right now which for our safety I I'm not going to shoot I'm Not Who was I I wasn't hurt nobody but anyway never met you sir I you don't have to know who I am as a law-abiding citizen you're going to be free to go on your way put what was your name sir understand and I just want to let everybody know on Florida car these guys unlock stopped me they took my camera your fishing a senior officer eventually confirmed the man's understanding of the law acknowledging that he had the legal right to carry both the rifle and handgun openly while heading to fish officers unloaded his Firearms citing safety and returned them along with an apology as the man reloaded his magazines on the roadside he reflected on being treated like a criminal despite doing nothing unlawful now this is me having to reload my gun cuz they decided they wanted to take all my bullets out I'm on the side of the road freaking reload my freaking magazin right now [ __ ] bag the man emphasized the importance of educating law enforcement and holding them accountable when they overstep Florida statute 790.25 subsection H ensures citizens exercising their rights under specific exemptions are protected he left the scene free to continue fishing but not before asserting that such encounters highlight the need for better training and respect for constitutional rights Within law enforcement like And subscribe for more police camp stories watch the next recommended video click to watch now