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The Florida Sheriffs Association has advised its members not to make arrests for openly carrying firearms.
Despite the ruling, gun-free zones like schools and government buildings remain in effect.
The is advising the state’s 67 county sheriffs not to make any arrests for the open carrying of firearms.
The state's on Sept. 10 declared unconstitutional that bans the open carrying of firearms. A three-judge panel said the ban was incompatible with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
A said no “historical tradition supports Florida’s open carry ban.” That soon threw law enforcement into a state of confusion when sheriffs statewide took to social media and declared open carry “the law of the land.”
But the ruling technically applies only to the 32 north Florida c