FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. ( WMBB ) – Governor Ron Desantis signed the controversial ‘bear bill’ into law one week ago.
The bill, which allows people to shoot bears if they feel threatened, was born in Franklin County when Sheriff A. J. Smith contacted State Representative Jason Shoaf and Senator Corey Simon about the nuisance bears.
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“We were having a lot of problems with black bears going into people’s yards and their homes and their cars. Folks would call for and they were not getting good responses. Representative Shoaf came up with a bill because he was concerned about people being able to protect themselves if a bear were to try to attack them,” Smith said.
Some people are concerned the bill will enable unlawful bear hunting, but Smith said there are checks and balances in place to prevent that from happening…