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.”
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.
In an increasingly urban state, even Florida’s GOP legislators live in fear of big city newspapers and their editorial boards. Suburban women — a swing bloc for the Florida GOP — are particularly queasy about open carry and are subject to the influence of the local urban newspaper.