Monthly Archives: October 2025

A month ago, I visited the range with my former police agency to qualify for my LEOSA card, also known as H.B. 218, for off-duty carry. I mixed in at the firing line with officers I knew and some I didn’t. When I strapped on my gun belt, one of the guys with whom I had worked was taken aback. “What is that?” he asked, staring at my waist. “A revolver, of course,” I answered. “But why?” he inquired. I went to the Police Academy in 1987. Back then, all 25 police agencies in my Florida county still shot wheelguns. My department was the very first to transition to the … Continue reading →