IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE …

RECEIVED, 04/12/2021 04:36:27 PM, Clerk, First District Court of Appeal

Filing # 124768049 E-Filed 04/12/2021 04:35:42 PM

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIRST DISTRICT

Appeal Case No. 1D19-2797 Lower Court Case Number

R.C., Appellant,

v.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES DIVISION OF LICENSING

Appellee __________________________________________________________

ON APPEAL FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER

SERVICES DIVISION OF LICENSING

APPELLANT'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF

Kingry & Friday /s/ Eric J. Friday Eric J. Friday, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0797901 1919 Atlantic Blvd. Jacksonville, Florida 32207 Telephone: (904) 722-3333 Service@ efriday@

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APPELLANT'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF .................................................. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................. 2 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ........................................................................ 3 REPLY BRIEF ........................................................................................... 4

I. May DACS rely on a NICS query result to determine whether an applicant is qualified for a Florida concealed carry license (CWFL)?......5

A. FDLE's so called "Amicus Curiae Brief" represents at best a fundamental misunderstanding of the provisions of federal and Florida law regarding the NICS Index and at worst, a blatant abuse of power, intentional deprivation of a fundamental right, and a wholesale attempt to mislead this Court. .......................................................................... 8 B. What is the "NICS Index" ........................................................... 12 C. How the NICS Index query result should be used. ..................... 15 D. It is no answer to claim that secret government information is a basis for the denial of a fundamental right. ....................................... 17 E. Florida law does not require or necessarily authorize the use of NICS in the CWFL application process. ............................................ 18 II. Is DACS required to make an independent determination, and authorized to conduct an evidentiary hearing in doing so, to resolve a disputed finding of an applicant's ineligibility; or may it rely on the availability of the Firearm Ineligibility Appeal process administered by FDLE?.................................................................................................. 22 III. Does the FDLE appeal process apply to both concealed carry license and firearm purchases. ............................................................ 24 Conclusion............................................................................................... 27 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLAINCE........................................................... 28

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases

Abramski v. United States, 573 U.S. 169, 172 (2014) .............................. 14 Florida Carry, Inc. v. Thrasher, 2021 Fla. App. LEXIS 3558 (Fla. March 11,

2021),................................................................................................... 16 Norman v. State, 215 So.3d 18 (Fla. 2017)................................................8 Sanders v. United States, 937 F.3d 316 (4th Cir 2019)......................... 7, 14

Statutes

18 U.S.C. ? 922 ....................................................................... 9, 10, 13, 24 Sec. 790.06, Fla. Stat .......................................................................passim

Constitutional Provisions

Art.I, Sec. 8, Fla. Const..........................................................................6, 8

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REPLY BRIEF "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." Sir Walter Scott, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. The only thing that is consistent in the tangled web DACS and FDLE have now woven across multiple cases, is that when called before a Court each points the finger at the other or at a third party. The agency named, whether in the particular case, or identified by statutory law, claims it is the other agency, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), or another state. Alternatively, they claim the process chosen by the citizen whose rights they are infringing is the wrong process.

? File a circuit court action? You failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Heffron v. DACS.

? File an administrative claim? You can't file that here, wrong agency. R.C. v. DACS

? File an administrative claim? You have to go to the state whose hearsay upon which we are relying. R.C. v. DACS

? File an administrative remedy and appeal the denial? We have not rendered a final decision. Lynch v. FDLE.

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? File for Mandamus to compel a final decision. Order to show

cause issued by this Court. Mandamus is not available, and

we have decided to moot the case to avoid responsibility.

Lynch v. FDLE

? FDLE provide this Court an amicus brief. Half-truths,

misleading statements of law and selective quotations of

carefully selected agency reports and rules, not statutes.

I. May DACS rely on a NICS query result to determine whether an applicant is qualified for a Florida concealed carry license (CWFL)?

No. No agency of the state of Florida, including DACS or FDLE may

rely on a NICS query result to adjudicate the rights of an individual under

Florida law for any purpose.1

1 As explained infra, the NICS query is purely a matter of federal law and bears no relevance to the issues before this Court:

1. Whether R.C. was entitled to a formal hearing before a final determination of ineligibility by DACS for R.C. to receive a CWFL, and

2. Whether the record on appeal contains competent substantial evidence to support the determination of the hearing officer at the informal hearing.

3. Whether DACS' actions in denying R.C. both a license and the hearing which he was entitled to by law require an award of attorneys' fees to R.C.

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