Open carry is now legal in the state of Florida following a decision on Sept. 10 by a three-judge panel with the 1st District Court of Appeal. The decision declared Florida's law banning open carry to ...

Pensacola, Fla., police officers surround Stanley Victor McDaniels, 42, and remove his loaded pistol from his waistband ahead of his arrest on July 4, 2022, as seen in a screen capture from a video ...

An appeals-court decision this month striking down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms has affected another law establishing places where guns are off-limits, according to law-enforcement ...

An appeals-court decision this month striking down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms has affected another law establishing places where guns are off-limits, according to law-enforcement ...

TALLAHASSEE — For nearly 40 years, Florida has had a ban on the open carry of firearms that was signed into law by a Republican governor and defended by a Republican-controlled Legislature against the ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Publix, which has nearly 900 stores in the Sunshine State, has responded to changes to Florida’s open carry law after a judge overturned the state’s ban last month. “As of Sept ...

Flagler and Volusia county sheriffs said residents can go out in public with a gun openly holstered to their waist or a rifle slung on their shoulders after a Sept. 10 ruling by Florida's 1st District ...

NEWSCASTS. ALL RIGHT. GROCERY CHAIN PUBLIX SAYS IT WILL ALLOW OPEN CARRY OF FIREARMS INSIDE THEIR STORES. THE DECISION BY THE COMPANY FOLLOWS THE NEW GUIDANCE OF OPEN CARRY NOW BEING ALLOWED STATEWIDE ...

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 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 ...