1. The right of individuals to keep and bear arms is guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. —The people shall have the right peaceably to assemble, to instruct their representatives, and to petition for redress of grievances.A felony conviction in Florida results in losing civil rights such as the right to vote in a presidential election and your right to use or possess a firearm. Repealing any amendment that has passed would require a new ballot initiative garnering 60 percent of the vote in a subsequent election. Restoring your civil rights is a long, winding process that begins with filing a petition for rights restoration with the Office of Executive Clemency. The Second Amendment protects the. "right of the people to keep and bear Arms. Florida strongly upholds the Second Amendment rights of its citizens. Curs in the Fifth Amendment had been recognized as a restraint upon government, but, with the conspicuous exception of the Dred. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.