Gun rights advocates have criticized the permitless (or as they prefer the term “constitutional carry”) carry bill as not being “true constitutional carry” because it does not allow for the open display of firearms — a measure that is allowed in all but three states in the country (Illinois and New York are the other two states).
Looks like GOP-E Boy (DeSantis) is flailing.
With an open carry law, printing and flashing don't matter.
All this yapping about "DeSantis folded" and other doom-and-gloom negativism is exactly that -- yapping.
It's a sad and perhaps surprising fact that, despite conservatism's large gain on many front via the Florida legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis, respect for firearms freedoms is somewhat lacking among the senior ranks of the GOP majority. As a direct result, if the 'permitless concealed carry' was to have a chance to pass, we have to settle for that right now and go for open carry later. This RealPolitik approach is not new, or unique.
We'll get open carry, too. Just not right now.
Shoot outs at Publix, blood in the streets, tourists being killed for their rental cars....... Is that the false argument?
Good step in the right direction, the “printing” and “flashing” need to be addressed but I for one don’t care about the idea of everyone seeing I have a weapon.
Concealed is good and way past time for it.
Imagine a 70 year old female with a 45 strapped to her hip and how easy it would be to disarm her.
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This development is not a surprise to me. However, it is a disappointment.
Incrementalism is how gun rights were lost, incrementalism is the easiest way to get them back. Throwing a temper tantrum and demanding everything NAO NAO NAO NAO like a spoilt child is not going to do any good and may do considerable harm.
Take what you can get for now, come back for the rest later.
We have open carry in Washington State. I’ve lived here all my life and rarely see anyone open carry. People would much rather conceal their weapons.
Here in Tennessee the so-called Republicans have voted against most 2A bills that would have made our carry laws more in line with the Constitution. Grrrrr!
I can understand two things
1. Why open carry has advantages - like deterrence against criminal assaults and robberies and rapes — they see you have defenses and they usually slither quietly away. Big advantage.
All these unconstitutional infringements are inducing serious serious contempt for “the law” on a mass scale. It’s not only the probably millions of people carrying without “permits” —-these patently unconstitutional and stupid measures are creating a widespread total contempt and disregard of the law generally — much or all law , not just the silly -assed “gun laws” and “regulatiobs”
As has been observed for centuries, the law (or at least this body of “law”) is an ass
Open Carry for another day.
I believe there are more important issues to tackle, such as:
1. School vouchers so parents can remove kids from government schools.
2. Get rid of ESG and DEI in all aspects of Florida life.
3. Keep making election laws less susceptible to fraud.
4. Remove wokeness from schools and universities.
Trying to make sense of this as the constitutional carry bill did pass. This will make 26 states, maybe next we get National reciprocity?
Die, GOPee scum!
I strongly favor Constitutional Carry.
Open carry? Works for Arizona, and 43 other states.
Open carry in Florida should be passed!