Florida legal term
Electric weapon or device in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Electric weapon or device” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Electric weapon or device” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Electric weapon or device” means any device which, through the application or use of electrical current, is designed, redesigned, used, or intended to be used for offensive or defensive purposes, the destruction of life, or the infliction of injury. (Fla. Stat. § 790.001)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm
- Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms
- Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms to minors under 18 years of age prohibited
- Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms
- Open carrying of weapons
- Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weapons
- Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions
- Prohibited use of self-defense weapon or device against law enforcement officer; penalties
- Sale or transfer of arms to minors by dealers
- Use of BB guns, air or gas-operated guns, or electric weapons or devices by minor under 16; limitation; possession of firearms by minor under 18 prohibited; penalties
- Felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices unlawful
- Possession of firearm or ammunition by violent career criminal unlawful; penalty
Related terms in the same statutes
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