Weapons Offenses
Orlando and Central Florida: Weapons Charge Defense Attorneys
Fighting for Your Rights and Freedom in Florida State and Federal Courts
Weapons charges have the potential of adding a significant amount of time to your prison sentence if you are convicted. A weapons charge is a serious accusation and requires an experienced, skilled defense.
Weapons charges? Call 407.657.1555 (Orlando / Orange County), 407.657.9945 (Altamonte Springs / Seminole County) or 407.846.6432 (Kissimmee / Osceola County) to speak with a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. For a free initial confidential consultation, call today.
With three offices throughout Central Florida (Orlando, Altamonte Springs and Kissimmee), the criminal defense attorneys at Carsten & Ladan, P.A. have experience defending people against weapons charges. Every attorney is a former prosecutor with over ten years of criminal defense experience. Please visit our Firm Overview page for more information about the benefits of retaining our services.
What Are Weapons Offenses?
Weapons charges fall into two main categories:
- Weapons charges that involve the weapons themselves as part of the charge, such as possession of an illegal firearm (e.g., machine gun or automatic assault weapon), illegal possession of a firearm (e.g., no license to carry a firearm) and trafficking weapons and illegal firearms.
- Weapons charges that involve the use of a weapon in the commission of a crime, sometimes referred to as 10/20/Life laws. These weapons charges include assault with a deadly weapon, shooting, attempted murder with a weapon, homicide and armed robbery.
10/20/Life Laws
Any felony committed with a weapon can subject someone to significant periods of incarceration. However, many crimes involving firearms are also subject to the 10/20/Life minimum mandatory statutes. If this statute applies to the crime, there is a ten year mandatory for possessing the firearm in the commission of the crime, a 20 year minimum mandatory for discharging the firearm, and a 25 year minimum mandatory, with a potential life sentence, for injuring or killing someone with a firearm during the commission of the crime.
If you face a weapons charge, schedule a free confidential initial consultation with an aggressive and experienced criminal defense attorney by calling us at 407.657.1555 (in Orlando / Orange County), at 407.657.9945 (in Altamonte Springs / Seminole County) or at 407.846.6432 (in Kissimmee / Osceola County), or filling out an intake form on our contact page. Serious charges require a serious criminal defense.
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