(A) The town hereby expressly recognizes and accepts the provisions of HB-45 and F.S. § 790.33; and all future amendments and revisions thereof, as the same may be amended from time to time, that preempt to the state the whole field of regulation of firearms and ammunition. The town hereby expressly repeals, in their entirety, all of the town’s municipal ordinances, rules and regulations, and all amendments thereof, as from time to time the town has heretofore adopted, that regulate or attempt to regulate firearms or ammunition in any manner whatsoever. The town hereby disavows and disclaims that it has or possesses any municipal power, right or governmental authority as a municipal corporation of the state to regulate any part of the whole field of firearms or ammunition in any manner whatsoever. All such municipal ordinances, rules and regulations, and all amendments thereof, heretofore adopted by the town are hereby declared to be repealed, abolished, abrogated, cancelled, annulled, recalled and rescinded.
(B) On all matters arising from, involving, pertaining to or occupying the whole field of regulation of firearms and ammunition, including the purchase, sale, transfer, taxation, manufacture, ownership, possession, storage and transportation thereof, the town is required to, and shall, enforce the state’s firearms and ammunition laws to the exclusion of all existing and future federal, county or municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining thereto.
(Ord. 1-2011, passed 10-25-2011)