Open carry is now effectively legal in Florida following a state appellate court decision. The Florida Sheriffs Association has advised all 67 county sheriffs not to arrest for open carry. A decade ...
As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its 'stand your ground' law. A historian ...
(UPDATED with new information and video: Multiple Florida sheriffs and police departments vowing not enforce the state's open carry ban, following the decision.) Two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis once ...
When does open carry become legal in Florida? When will you start seeing people in line behind you at Target carrying guns on their hips? Well, technically, openly carrying a firearm in public in the ...
PANAMA CITY — A court recently struck down a 40-year-old open carry law in Florida, leading to some confusion on how it will be enforced. The decision came down from Florida's 1st District Court of ...