Here’s what you need to know about open carry and what some in law enforcement are saying:

What we know:

Florida’s First District Court of Appeal has struck down the state’s decades-old open carry ban under Florida Statute 790.053 .

The case, McDaniels v. State , involved a Pensacola man convicted in 2022 for openly carrying a firearm on the Fourth of July. The three-judge panel concluded the prohibition violated the Second Amendment, citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent on the nation’s historical approach to firearm regulation.

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The ruling does not extend to certain prohibited places, including courthouses, schools, polling sites and government facilities. Private businesses and property owners also retain the right to ban firearms on their premi

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