In September 2025, a Florida First District Court of Appeal struck down the long-standing state ban on open carrying firearms as unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.
Following that ruling and a 15-day appeal period, the state’s Attorney General has directed law enforcement not to enforce the ban, effectively making open carry legal statewide.
This change means a person can generally carry a firearm visibly (e.g., in a holster or slung) in public without needing a special permit, similar to how permitless concealed carry works (allowed in Florida since 2023).
Let’s see. Alcohol is dangerous in the wrong hands because it makes bad people shoot guns, but guns in the wrong hands aren’t dangerous because bad people don’t use guns. They just drink. Do I have that about right?
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