Open carry is ‘law of state,’ Florida attorney general says
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A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee said the open-carry ban is incompatible with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Pensacola police, as well as the Escambia and Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office stated they will immediately stop enforcing the law banning open carry.
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Gun rights activist point out that Florida is one of only four states in the nation — alongside Illinois, Connecticut and California — that ban open carry in nearly all circumstances for all kinds of firearms. Florida’s ban has been in effect since 1987, the Herald reported.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday said 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.