• Background Check Required?
  • Private Sale: No, Florida does not generally require a background check for private sales between unlicensed individuals.
  • Licensed Dealer: Yes, federally licensed dealers must conduct a background check before completing the transfer.
• Waiting Period: Yes, for retail purchases, there is generally a 3-day waiting period.
• Registration Requirement: None.
• Permit Required (to purchase): None.
• Concealed Carry Permit: Not required. Florida law allows eligible adults age 21 and older to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm without a license, though licenses are still issued.
• Magazine Capacity Limits: None.
• Assault Weapons Limits: None.

Source: Fla. Stat. §§ 790.065, 790.0655, 790.335, 790.013, 790.06, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)

• Convicted felons.
• Minors.
• Fugitives from justice.
• Unlawful users of or persons addicted to controlled substances.
• Anyone adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution.
• Aliens illegally in the country or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.
• Anyone dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
• Anyone who renounced U.S. citizenship.
• Anyone subject to a qualifying court order restraining them from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child.
• Anyone convicted of a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence.
• Anyone found to have committed a delinquent act that would be a felony.

Source: Fla. Stat. § 790.23, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)