Requirements

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An Applicant Must:

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• Be at least 21 years old, or a member of the military or an honorably discharged veteran.
   

• Be a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien.
   

• Have completed an approved firearms training class.
   

• Not suffer from a physical infirmity that prevents the safe handling of a weapon or firearm.
   

• Not be ineligible to possess a firearm due to a felony conviction.
   

• Not chronically and habitually use alcoholic beverages or other substances to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired.

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• Not have two or more DUI convictions within the previous 3 years
   

• Not have convictions for a violent crime in the last 3 years, either misdemeanor or felony
   

• Not been adjudicated an incapacitated person, unless 5 years have elapsed since the applicant's restoration to capacity by court order.
   

• Not have been committed to a mental institution, unless the applicant produces a certificate from a licensed psychiatrist stating that he or she has not suffered from disability for at least 5 years prior.
   

• Not have had an adjudication of guilt withheld or the imposition of a sentence suspended on any misdemeanor crime of domestic violence unless 3 years have elapsed since probation or any other conditions set by the court have been fulfilled, or the record has been expunged.
   

• Not have been issued an injunction that is currently in force and effect and that restrains the applicant from committing acts of domestic violence or acts of repeat violence.
   

• Not be prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm by any other Florida or federal law provision law.
   

• Demonstrate competence with a firearm.