Open Carry /tags/open-carry Open Carry en-US SAčúŒÊޫı Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT Florida’s new open carry ruling combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers /government-politics/2025-12-05/floridas-new-open-carry-ruling-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.” A historian makes a case as to why this police, open carry and permitless carry raises security concerns in Florida. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-12-05/floridas-new-open-carry-ruling-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers The Conversation Florida’s new open carry law combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers /government-politics/2025-11-17/floridas-new-open-carry-law-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its 'stand your ground' law. A historian looks at how likely this law is to keep the state safe. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-11-17/floridas-new-open-carry-law-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers The Conversation Florida Democrats push long-odds gun control measures just weeks after open carry law takes effect /government-politics/2025-11-12/florida-democrats-gun-control Democrats in Florida’s Legislature have filed more than a dozen gun control bills less than two months after the “Gunshine State” legalized open carry. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:30:03 GMT /government-politics/2025-11-12/florida-democrats-gun-control Kaitlyn McCormack | Fresh Take Florida A South Florida judge has rejected the state's concealed carry age law /government-politics/2025-10-27/a-south-florida-judge-has-rejected-the-states-concealed-carry-age-law A Broward County circuit judge has ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights. Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-10-27/a-south-florida-judge-has-rejected-the-states-concealed-carry-age-law The News Service of Florida Man at center of landmark Florida open-carry ruling calls himself ‘patriot’ /government-politics/2025-09-25/stanley-victor-mcdaniels-open-carry-florida The man at the center of a landmark court decision allowing people in Florida to openly carry guns is watching the consequences of his legal fight from inside a jail cell in Florida's Panhandle. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-25/stanley-victor-mcdaniels-open-carry-florida Sara-James Ranta | Fresh Take Florida Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says open carry ‘Law of the State’ /government-politics/2025-09-15/uthmeier-says-open-carry-law-of-the-state He said Monday that people being able to openly carry guns is “the law of the state,” after a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal last week ruled that a longstanding ban was unconstitutional. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:18:56 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-15/uthmeier-says-open-carry-law-of-the-state Jim Turner/News Service of Florida Post-ruling, many law enforcement agencies have stopped enforcing Florida open-carry ban /law-justice/2025-09-12/post-ruling-many-law-enforcement-agencies-have-stopped-enforcing-florida-open-carry-ban Following Wedneday’s decision by the Florida First District Court of Appeal striking the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says his deputies will no longer enforce the ban – even though the law hasn’t changed yet. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:56:37 GMT /law-justice/2025-09-12/post-ruling-many-law-enforcement-agencies-have-stopped-enforcing-florida-open-carry-ban Mitch Perry | Florida Phoenix Appeals court finds Florida's open carry ban unconstitutional /law-justice/2025-09-10/appeals-court-finds-floridas-open-carry-ban-unconstitutional A Florida appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a state law banning the open carrying of firearms, calling the law incompatible with the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:30:00 GMT /law-justice/2025-09-10/appeals-court-finds-floridas-open-carry-ban-unconstitutional Kate Payne | Associated Press/Report for America DeSantis makes another push for open carry in Florida /government-politics/2025-09-09/desantis-makes-another-push-for-open-carry-in-florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made the statement during a news conference in Plant City to mark the start of sales tax exemptions through the end of the year on hunting, fishing and camping equipment. Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:30:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-09/desantis-makes-another-push-for-open-carry-in-florida News Service of Florida Will 2025 be the year Florida passes an open carry law? /government-politics/2024-11-26/florida-open-carry Florida gun owners are speculating whether 2025 will be the year the state finally passes a law that allows open carry. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:24:59 GMT /government-politics/2024-11-26/florida-open-carry Adrian Andrews