Posted on 03/02/2017 7:42:34 PM PST by aimhigh
Rejecting arguments by Second Amendment supporters, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a longstanding state ban on people openly carrying firearms in public.
Justices, in a 4-2 ruling, said the state law "regulates only one manner of bearing arms and does not impair the exercise of the fundamental right to bear arms."
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How do you “bear arms” without carrying them in public?
Must make it tough for cops to do their job effectively with no guns.
One of only 6 states that bans open carry. And of course, since the Demonrat-controlled courts says “no open carry for you”, then that’s the final word. Because Demonrats control this country, regardless of any elections. If all else fails, they’ll get the courts to say “NO RIGHTS FOR YOU.”
You can open carry in Florida in the deep woods.
If you are hiking, camping and hunting out there, you can protect yourself.
Apologies, it’s actually down to only 5 states that ban it now, not 6.
Combine ban on open carry with the right to go topless.
They could go the federal court route to get this overturned.
Hey the dems don’t stop, we need to adopt the tactic that works well for them.
The open carrying of firearms by Americans who are lawfully able to possess them is legal and unrestricted in damn near every state of my country.
I REALLY wish President Trump’s, “Second Amendment Coalition,” would do something about these, “Rulings.”
I haven’t heard anything from this group.
>”regulates only one manner of bearing arms and does not impair the exercise of the fundamental right to bear arms.”
Regardless that it is ONLY ‘one matter’ being regulated, you *are* impairing the exercise of our Rights (aka INFRINGING).
They never seem to get to the last few words in the 2nd. Just trail-off after ‘State’.
If the law says there is no crime open carrying, why would a judge insist there is a crime where there is none?
The justice system has been revising history and perjuring feloniously for a long time, and it is high time people started asking to put these felons where they belong at the State Penn.... But of course Bush and Chenney insist we need to respect these felons... Sorry, judges...
We should pursue this on appeal. Certain NRA-ILA will do so. The ruling is tortured logic... that state law regulates only one way of legal carrying and therefore there cannot be any OTHER kind of carrying.
What they are saying, ridiculously is that the state regulates the only way to carry through requiring a concealed carry permit, and that because of that— people who don’t have a permit cannot carry— either concealed or openly.
BTW, in FL if you have a concealed carry permit, you MUST carry it concealed and cannot carry open. How nuts is that? The reciprocity on the concealed carry permit is fairly good, but not universal to all 50 states (esp. not Maryland— what an f’d up state).
Bottom line is that regulation of a civil right may be held by some— but in the case of the 2nd Amendment, for all the purposes laid out by the Founders— ultimately it is not about self defense. It is about the final balance to tyranny, as defined in the Declaration of Independence and in the actual wording of the 2nd Amendment.
[[Rejecting arguments by Second Amendment supporters, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a longstanding state ban on people openly carrying firearms in public.]]
Yes, because the Second Amendment clearly states that we have a right to own guns, but must never under any circumstances, carry one in plain sight
Almost all firearms laws are flatly unconstitutional. This is another one. If I’m ever put on a jury in a gun law case, I will cheerfully vote to nullify.
Well if the Judiciary can ban open carry now.Where will it stop?This is just the beginning.
Ping
Oh, so only a “little infringement” is okay with them.
The nuances were perfect. LOL
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