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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 after the upheld the state's ban on open carry in 2015, open carry is now , according to a statement from State Attorney General James Uthmeier on Sept. 15.

This comes after a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal said last week the open-carry ban is incompatible with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.” It cited U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Second Amendment issues.

Technically, the 's decision only applied to the 32 north Florida counties of the 1st District and does not go into effect until Sept. 25. Still, the Florida Sheriffs

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