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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a major decision, a state appeals court Wednesday ruled that Florida's ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, pointing to U.S.

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay-area sheriffs are reminding people that openly carrying firearms is not yet legal in Florida, despite an appeals court decision this week. On Wednesday, the ...

Shoppers are split after supermarket chain Publix announced it will now allow customers to openly carry firearms inside its Florida stores. The decision comes about two weeks after an appeals court ...

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